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Common Forest Grape

Rhoicissus tridentata

Also called Bushman Grape, Bushman's Grape, Cape Bushman's Grape

Common Forest Grape
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0

Rhoicissus tridentata is a southern African climbing shrub in the grape family, found from Eritrea to South Africa. It is grown as an ornamental climber in warm, bright spots, and it tolerates dry conditions once established.

Family
Vitaceae (Grape family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry out between waterings; reduce sharply in winter.
Soil
Well-draining potting mix or garden soil, ideally sandy or loamy.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Eritrea to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Pen.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Rhoicissus tridentata is a climbing plant in the family Vitaceae.

Parts of the plant are used in South Africa in traditional herbal remedies during pregnancy.

Other Rhoicissus plants

Veld Grape · Bastard Forest Grape · Forest Grape · Bastard Forest Grapes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhoicissus tridentata 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.

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