| Description | Listed as an easy plant to grow, but I have found at times can be a bit challenging growing as an indoor plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (SISS-us) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 10-12 |
| Sunlight | moderate, not strong |
| Moisture | keep evenly moist, if allowed to become dry to many times they will have a plant tantrum and drop many leaves |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | average house |
| Leaves | green, compound consisting of three leaflets |
| Stems | scandent, vine-like, has flexible, hairy, brown stems |
| Dimensions | vine |
| Maintenance | needs occasional pinching or pruning, tends to stretch and get lanky, especially if grown in dim light, has a natural habit of dropping foliage |
| Propagation | Cuttings which can be difficult to root. |
| Native Site | West Indies, north South America |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek word kissos meaning ivy. Specific epithet means winged. (syn. Cissus rhombifolia and Rhoicissus rhombifolia) |
| Author's Notes | An easy to grow plant if given close to the conditions it likes. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf) #17-The World of House Plants (Elvin McDonald), #18-House Plant Encyclopedia (Nico Vermeulen), #158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey) |
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