Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Subtropical forest

Range

Southern Africa

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Rare

About

This climbing vine thrives in the dense eastern forests of southern Africa. It uses coiled tendrils to anchor itself to tree trunks while growing toward sunlight.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Vitales

Family

Vitaceae

Genus

Rhoicissus

Species

Rhoicissus rhomboidea