Mazhar Botanic Garden

Cissus rotundifolia Vahl

Peruvian Grape Ivy

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000320
English name: Peruvian Grape Ivy
Arabic name: سيسس
Native: Africa and Arabian Peninsula
Country: Africa India Peninsula
(PGR): Common

Climbing plant with green, 4 angled stems, with sharp corky edges, young shoots and leaves with brown spots leaves rounded, fleshy, blue green, margin serrate flowers small, greenish

Light preference: Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade

Ph: Slightly acid (61 – 65) Neutral (66 – 73) Slightly alkaline (74 – 78)

Soil: mixture, well-draining

It is an edible plant used traditionally in Yemen for the treatment of gastrointestinal troubles, in loss of appetite, skin diseases, burns and fever and used as ant diabetic and anti-parasite.

Cissus crassifolia (Baker) Planch

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Drainage: Well drained
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Summer

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