Summary ⁴

Pollen: Low but high nutrition 23.5% crude protein
Nectar: Low

Flowering time 2-5 Subtropical South America. Ornamental sub-succulent creeper with aerial tubers. It drapes itself over other plants, smothering them, particularly in urban gardens and sugarcane fields. Mainly a problem in the southwestern Cape and eastern coastal areas. Pollen crude protein 23.5%... (Johannsmeier, M. F. (2016). Beeplants of South Africa: Sources of Nectar, Pollen, Honeydew and Propolis for Honeybees)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) 2005 Luigi Rignanese, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=177267&one=T
2. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/26877542131/
3. (c) John Tann, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_fence_full_of_madeira_vine_(3372873078).jpg
4. (c) Megan W., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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