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''Cyphostemma juttae'' is a slow-growing
* List of Southern African indigenous trees
* Kurt Dinter
succulent
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...
species of ''Cyphostemma
''Cyphostemma'' is a flowering plant genus in the family (biology), family Vitaceae, with around 250 species distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics. These species are Caudex, caudiciform and used to belong to the genus ''Cissus''. The ...
'' from southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of Africa. No definition is agreed upon, but some groupings include the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, United Nations geoscheme, the intergovernmental Southern African Development Community, and ...
, well known as an ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars th ...
.
The plant is also known as wild grape, tree grape, Namibian grape, Droog-my-keel and bastard cobas.
This species can reach tall and has large shiny leaves. It is a deciduous plant. It grows in an arid region of summer-rainfall, and it loses its leaves in the dryer winter.
See also
* List of Southern African indigenous trees
* Kurt Dinter
References
*van Wyk, B. and van Wyk, P. 1997. ''Field Guide to trees of southern Africa''. Struik, Cape Town * Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern *External links
* juttae Trees of South Africa Ornamental trees Least concern plants Taxa named by Kurt Dinter Taxa named by Ernest Friedrich Gilg {{Vitaceae-stub