Cyphostemma uter (live succulent)

Cyphostemma uter (live succulent)

Family: Vitaceae

It is a deciduous summer growing caudiciform succulent up to 1,5m tall from a very stout trunk branching repeatedly from apex and forming a much branched low tree. The caudex is swollen up to 60cm in diameter with dull white to orange bark, peeling off in paper-like flakes. These plants are about 13 to 15cm high with a caudex of 6cm.