| Author: | Bernard M.
Descoings, 1964 |
| Family: |
VITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Western
Madagascar |
| Soil: |
Limestone
- Rich |
| Water:
|
Medium -
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
50 Centimetres |
| Height: |
8 Metres |
| Flower:
|
Greenish -
Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Cyphostemma roseiglandulosa, Bernard M. Descoings, 1964. |
This member of the Vitaceae family was given this name by Bernard M.
Descoings in 1964. It is found
in western Madagascar, growing on bare limestone or in a well drained soil with
quite some water water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 50
centimetres in diameter, 150 centimetres high, the entire plant to 8 metres
or more in
height. The
flowers are greenish to red.
The genera name from the Greek kyphos; 'tumor' or ,'hump' and
stemma; 'garland' or 'crown'. The species name means 'rose'
and 'glandular', having glands or glandular cells. |
