Common name: Cape Grape, Evergreen Grape
Family: Vitaceae
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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.
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USDA Zone: 9b-11
Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Vitales
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- Family: Vitaceae
- SubFamily: Vitoideae
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References:
Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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