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Ampelozizyphus amazonicus is a climbing shrub from the lowland Amazon rainforest of northern South America, in the buckthorn family. It is rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, and its care needs are mostly inferred from its tropical forest habitat.
Ampelozizyphus amazonicus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is a climbing shrub native to northern Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and the Guianas. It grows in lowland Amazon rainforest.
The species was described by Adolpho Ducke in 1935.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ampelozizyphus amazonicus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
