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Accession Data:

Rhoicissus capensis (Burm.f.) Planch.

  • Common Name: Cape Grape, Evergreen Grape
  • Family: Vitaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa

  • Description: [syn. Cissus capensis (Burm.f.) Willd; Vitis capensis Burm.f.]

    Tender, evergreen, tendril-bearing vine; Roots producing globose tubers; leaves simple to 8 inches across, orbicular to reniform, coarsely crenate, rusty-tomentose beneath; fruit in axillary clusters, an edible, glossy reddish-purple berry, to 3/4 inch in diameter.

  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500718
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1107 - AFR:West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Vitales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Vitaceae
  • SubFamily: Vitoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

data regenerated on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:54:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Vitaceae

Subfamily Leeoideae

  • Leea guineensis

Subfamily Vitoideae

  • Cissus alata
  • Cissus javana
  • Cissus quadrangularis
  • Cissus rotundifolia
  • Cissus tiliacea
  • Cissus verticillata
  • Cyphostemma cf. juttae
  • Cyphostemma currorii
  • Cyphostemma juttae
  • Cyphostemma uter
  • Rhoicissus capensis
  • Tetrastigma voinierianum
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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