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Kiekie is a woody, brittle climber native to the forests of New Zealand, climbing trees or forming tangles on the forest floor. Grow it as a warm, humid, shade-tolerant climber given something to climb.
Freycinetia banksii, commonly known as kiekie, is a densely branched, brittle, woody climber native to New Zealand. It is a member of the screwpalm family Pandanaceae.
The plant is endemic to New Zealand. Freycinetia banksii is found in forests throughout the North Island, primarily in coastal and montane forests. In the South Island, kiekie is more common in higher rainfall areas, reaching its southern limit near the Clarence River in the east and in Fiordland in the west.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Freycinetia banksii 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.
