This member of the Vitaceae family was given this name by Bernard M. Descoings in 1966. Found in South Africa, and Zimbabwe and some claim: Namibia, where it grows in well drained soil, with some water and sun. The caudex grows to 30 cm in diameter, the branches reaches two meters. The flowers is brown-greenish.

The genera name from the Greek kyphos; 'tumor' or ,'hump' and stemma; 'garland' or 'crown'. The species name means 'woolly' or 'hairy', like the fruits which are dense hairy.