Apocissus antarctica (synonym Cissus antarctica), known commonly as kangaroo vine,[2] is one of the best known species of the genus Cissus in the family Vitaceae. It is a climbing plant, a vine, and is native to Australia.
It is a climbing plant with new growths that are rusty in colour, and often become glabrescent with age, with simple or branched tendrils. The leaves are simple, ovate to ovate-oblong, mostly 4-12 cm long, 20-50 mm wide, the apex pointed, the base mostly rounded, the margins toothed all over the surface, the upper surface is glabrous, the underside generally rusty and hairy with petiole 1-3 cm long.[2]
The inflorescences are dense, 1-3 cm long. Petals 2 mm long, yellowish. The fruit is globose, 15 mm in diameter and purple.[2]
Kangaroo vine also is a popular interior or houseplant, a well adapted plant, even in subdued light. It does not do well above 15°C, especially when exposed to central heating, which can cause the leaves to drop.[3]
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