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Bastard Forest Grapes

Rhoicissus

Bastard Forest Grapes
Photo: Abu Shawka, Public domain

Rhoicissus is a genus of climbing vines from Africa in the grape family, with about nine to twenty-two accepted species; the commonly grown ones are used as houseplants and are grown much like the common grape vine in a bright spot.

Family
Vitaceae (Grape family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings, and water less in winter.
Soil
Well-draining peat-based potting mix with some perlite or bark.
Temperature
18–26 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy

About

Rhoicissus is an Afrotropical plant genus in the grape family Vitaceae and subfamily Vitoideae. There are between nine and twenty-two accepted species.

The leaves of species R. tomentosa and R. tridentata are eaten by caterpillars of the silver striped hawkmoth (Hippotion celerio).

Other Rhoicissus plants

Veld Grape · Bastard Forest Grape · Forest Grape · Common Forest Grape

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhoicissus 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.

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