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Nice big on in a garden in Port Elizabeth.

 
The small green/yellow flowers in clusters.

Author:  Bernard M. Descoings, 1967
Family:  VITACEAE
Origin:  Southern Africa, Namibia
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  80 Centimetres
Height:  2,5 Meters
Flower:  Green / Yellow
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  Wild grape, Tree grape, Namibian grape, Droog-my-keel, Bastarkobas, Bastard Cobas.
Synonyms:  Cissus juttae, Dinter & Gilg

This scaled Vitaceae was first described by Dinter and Gilg in 1911, but renamed by Bernard M. Descoings in 1967. Found in southern Africa, where it grows in well-drained soil, moderate water and lots of sun. The stem will get op to 80 cm in diameter and the plant reaches op to 2,5 meters. Can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.

The genera name from the Greek kyphos; 'tumor' or ,'hump' and stemma; 'garland' or 'crown'. The species name after Jutta Dinter, one of the authors' wives. 


More than two meters high. Obesa Cacti Nursery.


 The fruits are poison.