Description

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• Woody vine with thick, tough and flexible stems

• Leaves have large variations, they can be oblong or rounded, coarsely or finely serrated and are 1-6in long

• Firm tendrils grow opposite of the leaves

• Small yellow or green flowers grow in clusters, round fruit is black when mature

• Native to Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico to Chile, and Argentina

• Climbing vine that will quickly cover many trees

• Restricts plant growth by blanketing forest canopies

• Considered a major agricultural weed to citrus crops in Texas

• Seeds are water and bird dispersed. Cuttings will easily root. The plant has many long aerial roots that dangle loosely from the tree branches and will root in the ground.