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Dalechampia capensis is a climbing shrub or subshrub from southern and eastern Africa, sometimes called wild hop or inzula. Little cultivation guidance exists, so treat its care as that of a dry-climate climbing vine given warm, sunny conditions and well-drained soil.
Dalechampia capensis is a species of shrub. It is known by the common names inzula or wild hop.
It is native to Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Eswatini, Tanzania, and Zambia. The species is eaten by larval Byblia ilithyia and Eurytela dryope.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalechampia capensis 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.
