Cyphostemma juttae

Cyphostemma juttae is a slow-growing succulent species of Cyphostemma from southern Africa, well known as an ornamental plant.

Cyphostemma juttae
At Berlin Botanical Garden, Germany.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Vitales
Family:	Vitaceae
Genus:	Cyphostemma
Species:	C. juttae
Binomial name
Cyphostemma juttae (Dinter & Gilg) Desc.
Synonyms[2]
Cissus juttae Dinter & Gilg

The plant is also known as wild grape, tree grape, Namibian grape, Droog-my-keel^[3] and bastard cobas.^[4]

This species can reach 6 feet (1.8 metres) 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.^[5]

See also

• List of Southern African indigenous trees
• Kurt Dinter