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Vitaceae

Subfamily Leeoideae

Subfamily Viticoideae

Rhoicissus capensis (Burm.f.) Planch.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Cape Grape, Evergreen Grape
  • Family: Vitaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat:

  • 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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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500718
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1204 - S Bench
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-07-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Vitales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Vitaceae
  • SubFamily: Viticoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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