Author: | Bernard M.
Descoings, 1967
|
Family: |
VITACEAE |
Origin: |
Botswana,
Namibia, N South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Maximum |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
30
Centimetres |
Height: |
2-5 Metres |
Flower:
|
Green |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Felted Tree
Grape |
Synonyms: |
Cissus sandersonii
Harv. 1959.
Cyphostemma cirrhosum subsp. transvaalense,
Wild & R.B.Drumm. |
This member of the Vitaceae family was
given this name
by Bernard M.
Descoings in 1967
( from William Henry Harvey, who called it a Cissus). It is from
Southern Africa, where it grows in well drained soil with quite some
water and not too much sun. The flowers are green, and it can be
reproduced by cuttings as well. The flowers are green.
The genera name from the Greek
kyphos; 'tumor' or ,'hump' and stemma; 'garland' or
'crown'. The species name after John Sanderson, 1820-1881, a
Scottish journalist, trader and amateur botanist in South Africa. |