A plant with exposed roots by Antonia99,
Kakteenforum.com.
A wild plant in the dunes by Liizevr,
Inaturalist.org
The caudex by Ann Symons, Inaturalist.org.
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| Author: |
Gilg & M.Brandt, 1911 | |
Family: |
VITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Mozambique, E South Africa,
Zambia |
| Soil: |
Mix - Sandy |
| Water: |
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
12 Centimetres |
| Height: |
1,5 Meters High, 10-15 Metres
Climb. |
| Flower: |
Yellow-Green |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
Baboon Grape, Dune Grape |
| Synonyms: |
Rhus digitata, L.f.
1782.
Cissus thunbergii, Eckl. & Zeyh. 1835.
Cissus ferruginea, E.Mey.,1843.
Rhoicissus cirrhiflora, Gilg & M.Brandt 1911. |
This member of the
Vitaceae family
was given this name by Ernest Friedrich Gilg and Maxin Brandt in 1911. It is found in
the grasslands of Mozambique, eastern South Africa and Zambia, growing in a well drained
or sandy soil with some water and lots of sun. The potatoe-like caudexes can grow to
twelve centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to 150 centimetres in height when erect, 10-15 metres when climbing on the
ground. The flowers are yellow-green.
The name
Rhoicissus is derived from the Greek words rhoia, meaning ‘a
pomegranate’ and kissos, for ‘ivy’. The species name, digitata
meaning 'fingered', referring to the appearance of the leaf, as all the
leaflets arise from one base, as fingers do from a palm. |
