Veldt Grape (Cissus quadrangularis)

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Plant Habit:	Cactus/Succulent
Sun Requirements:	Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	I have seen this plant climb trees like the "Queen of the Night Cereus", out through the branches and weeping down.
Plant Spread:	as far as you are willing to let it crawl!
Leaves:	Evergreen
Fruit:	Showy
Flowers:	Inconspicuous
Flower Color:	Green White Yellow Other: The flowers are celadon colored, ranging from white to yellowish with a green hue. They produce small red berries which resemble in size and appearance Holly berries.
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Late summer or early fall
Underground structures:	Taproot
Uses:	Medicinal Herb
Resistances:	Humidity tolerant
Toxicity:	Other: edible
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem
Containers:	Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Suitable for hanging baskets

Common names

Veldt Grape
Adamant Creeper
Asthisamharaka
Devil's Backbone
Hadjod
Pirandai

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$Location: in my backyard in the \"Cage\" Date: 2006-08-28 rambling plant$

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Location: DeLand Florida
Date: 2011-09-28
An odd climbing succulent with multiple health uses and is also c

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Location: My garden
Date: 2012-08-20
I still to date grow this plant in several spots in my garden. (7

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$Location: in my backyard in the \"Cage\" Date: 2005-05-01$

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$Location: in my backyard in the \"Cage\" Date: 2005-05-01$

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$Location: my backyard in the \"Cage\" Date: 2005-05-01 clusters of buds, some buds are just starting to open$

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Location: Mysore, India
Date: 2015-07-03

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Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)

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Location: DeLand Florida
Date: 2008-01-01
This one is trained on two tomato cages with the top one inverted

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Location: DeLand Florida
Date: 2013-08-28
a climbing succulent that looks like joints and appendages on the

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$Location: in my backyard in the \"cage\" Date: 2005-05-01 piece with leaf$

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Location: DeLand Florida
Date: 2014-06-30
...climbing on Tomato cages.

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Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-02-11

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Photo courtesy of Kevin Morykwas, Steve's Leaves, Inc.

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Comments:

Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Sep 2, 2013 4:35 PM concerning plant:

The plant, Cissus quadrangularis, has been used as a medicinal plant since antiquity.

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Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 17, 2018 3:35 PM concerning plant:

My plant is 4 years old and in a hanging basket in the filtered sun of a Vitex tree. Presently it's in the growing season and each branch gets about 1 inch longer a week. The pot is full of branches that got over 2 feet that I've broken and just thrown back in the pot. They root very easily. Here in zone 9 I only bring it into my garage for protection when winter temps drop below 38*. It's only bothered by an occasional snail that makes it up the tree to the pot and gnaws at it. It's not pretty, but interesting just the same and part of my succulent collection.

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Posted by Ursula (Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a) on Sep 5, 2013 7:55 AM concerning plant:

I grow this plant from the middle of September to the middle of May in my (glass-roofed) greenhouse (and/or sunroom). Minimum temperature in the greenhouse is set to 65 degr F, maximum set to 70 degr. but will be higher on sunny winter days. This plant spends the summers outside in NJ zone 6b.
It is a fast grower and small pieces root readily.

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