CYPHOSTEMMA QUINATUM
Author:
Bernard M. Descoings, 1966
Family:
VITACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Desc. (1966). In: Not. Syst., Paris 16: 124 (1960), Et Fl. Zambes. 2: 490.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5 Centimetres
Height:
120 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Cissus quinata Dryand.1810.
Cissus cirrhosa var. glabra, William Henry Harvey, 1859.
Vitis cradockensis, Kuntze.
This member of the Vitaceae family was given this name by Descoings in 1966. Found in Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, where it grows in well drained soil, with some water and sun. It forms "potatoes" on the roots, up to five centimetres in diameter, and the stem can grow up to five centimetres as well, The veining stem can reach 100 or 120 centimetres. The fruits are dense hairy.
The genera name from the Greek kyphos; 'tumor' or,'hump' and stemma; 'garland' or 'crown'. The species name means 'having five parts'.
Flower
Greenish Yellow
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
