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Cissus cornifolia

An erect to semi-scandent woody shrub from a large tuberous rootstock, found in open savanna woodland and grassland across tropical and southern Africa, often on granite outcrops. For collectors it behaves like a summer-growing caudiciform: give it hot sun and water in summer, and a dry winter rest.

Cissus cornifolia
Photo: Bart Wursten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Open woodland, wooded grassland and rocky granite outcrops in seasonally dry savanna.

Recorded at 60–1,676 m, median about 750 m; reported up to about 2,000 m.

South AfricaBeninMozambiqueZimbabweTanzaniaZambiaCameroonMalawiBotswanaNigeriaGhanaKenyaUgandaEthiopiaDR Congo

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.