Accession Data

Rhoicissus capensis

Common Name: Cape Grape, Evergreen Grape

Family: Vitaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa

Description: [syn. Cissus capensis (Burm.f.) Willd; Vitis capensis Burm.f.]

Tender, evergreen, tendril-bearing vine; Roots producing globose tubers; leaves simple to 8 inches across, orbicular to reniform, coarsely crenate, rusty-tomentose beneath; fruit in axillary clusters, an edible, glossy reddish-purple berry, to 3/4 inch in diameter.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession #: 198500718

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1107

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Vitales

Family: Vitaceae

SubFamily: Vitoideae

References

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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Rhoicissus capensis