Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical savanna

Range

Africa and Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

This tropical vine thrives by climbing over other plants in dense forest areas. Its tendrils can grow up to ten centimeters in a single day to reach new 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

Cucurbitales

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Genus

Coccinia

Species

Coccinia grandis