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Rhoicissus digitata

Rhoicissus digitata
Common names: baboon grape (Eng.); bobbejaandruif (Afr.); isiNwazi, umThwazi, umNangwazi, umPhambane (Z); isaQoni, isaQoni esincini (X)
Family: Vitaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2012 Rhoicissus digitata is a mainly woody perennial climber with ... by birds and mammals. Larvae of various moths feed on Rhoicissus and the leaves are also browsed by game. Large ... of the front dunes by forming a twining maze of stems. Rhoicissus A relatively fast growing and vigorous climber ...

16 / 01 / 2012 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Rhoicissus rhomboidea

Rhoicissus rhomboidea
Common names: glossy forest grape, glossy wild grape, ropewood (Eng.); blinkblaarbosdruif, bimbrikos, bobbejaantou (Afr.); umbovu (Swa.); tshikundwi-mae (Ven.); umt
Family: Vitaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2020 Rhoicissus rhomboidea is an evergreen, strong climber to ... (October), maturing to a dark red to purple colour.  Rhoicissus rhomboidea is not endemic to South Africa, it also ... It is often found in forest and on forest margins. Rhoicissus rhomboidea adapts well in tropical and warm ...

07 / 09 / 2020 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Rhoicissus tomentosa

Fruits of Rhoicissus tomentosa
Common names: wild grape, bush grape, African grape, forest Grape, monkey rope, wild vine (Eng.); Bosdruif, Wildedruif, Bostou, Bobbejaantou (Afrikaans), isaQoni, i
Family: Vitaceae

... celerio ) have been recorded eating the leaves of Rhoicissus tomentosa and R. tridentata . The leaves exhibit ... is pushed out of the tips of the veins in the leaves. Rhoicissus This vigorous, scrambling, evergreen climber is a ... dries out, punch holes in the netting and insert rooted Rhoicissus tomentosa cuttings. As it grows, weave the shoots ...

07 / 06 / 2004 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Rhoicissus tridentata

Rhoicissus tridentata (Geoff Nichols)
Common names: northern Bushman’s grape, bitter grape, wild grape (Eng.); noordelike boesmansdruif, bitterdruif, droog-my-keel, wildedruif (Afr.); isaqoni, umnxeba
Family: Vitaceae

... September 2017 Acknowledgements: Images by Geoff Nichols. Rhoicissus tridentata is a deciduous, scrambling, shrubby ... fleshy fruits are near round and 15–20 mm in diameter. Rhoicissus tridentata is not endemic to South Africa, it is ... game. Tubers are eaten by bushpig, porcupine and baboons. Rhoicissus Rhoicissus tridentata can be propagated by seed, ...

25 / 09 / 2017 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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