| Author: |
Wild & R.B.Drumm., 1963 | |
Family: |
VITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola, Botswana, Burundi,
Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatine, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe (Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan) |
| Soil: |
Rich - Mix |
| Water: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
5-30 Centimetres |
| Height: |
2-3 Metres |
| Flower: |
Greenish Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
Northern Bushman’s Grape,
Bitter Grape, Wild Grape |
| Synonyms: |
Rhus tridentata, L.f.,
1782.
Cissus capensis, Willd. 1798.
Cissus tridentata, Eckl. & Zeyh. 1835.
Cissus cuneifolia, Eckl. & Zeyh. 1835. |
This member of the
Vitaceae family
was given this name by Hiram Wild and Drummond Robert Bailey in 1963. It is found in
a large area through out Africa from Saudi Arabia to South Africa, growing in a
rich or well drained soil with quite some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
five or even 30 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to 300 centimetres in height. The flowers are greenish yellow.
The name
Rhoicissus is derived from the Greek words rhoia, meaning ‘a
pomegranate’ and kissos, for ‘ivy’. The species name
tridentata, means three-toothed. Latin tri, from trēs
meaning ‘three’ and dentata, Latin for ‘toothed’. This name
was derived from the type specimen which had very few teeth on the leaf
margin |
