Author: | Hiram Wild
& R.B. Drummond, 1961 |
Family: |
VITACEAE |
Origin: |
Angola,
Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
15 Centimetres |
Height: |
100-200 Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Cissus
wittei, Pierre Staner, 1932.
Cyphostemma hermannioides, Wild & R.B.Drumm. |
This member of the Vitaceae family was given this name by
Hiram Wild and Robert Bailey Drummond in 1961. It is found
in Angola, Congo, Malawi,
Tanzania, Zambia
and Zaire, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to fifteen
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to two metres in
height. The
flowers are red. The
genera name from the Greek kyphos; 'tumor' or ,'hump' and
stemma; 'garland' or 'crown'. The species name after botanist
Heinrich Witte, 1829-1917, worked in Leiden. |