RHOICISSUS DIGITATA

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. And the potatoe-like roots by Tjeerd, Inaturalist.org The fruits by Andrew Gillespie, Inaturalist.org.