Species · genus Curio · Asteraceae

Creeping Berry

Curio radicans (L.) P.V.Heath

Also known as: String Of Bananas · String Of Fishhooks · Baboon Toes · Banana Vine · Necklace Plant

Growth habit

Unknown

Native range

Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces

Reference · C. radicans

Cultivars of C. radicans

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under C. radicans yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Curio radicans is a trailing succulent from the dry summer-rainfall regions of southern Africa, with water-storing leaves that hold reserves through drought. Give it gritty, fast-draining mix and let the soil dry out almost completely before watering — water only when the top two inches are dry and the leaves begin to feel slightly soft. It will tolerate some direct sun but is safest in a very bright spot out of harsh midday glare.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

10–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Trailing stem cuttings laid on or rooted in dry mix

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed once or twice in spring and summer

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Small white flowers with a cinnamon scent, occasional

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

String-of-pearls / string-of-bananas (succulent senecio) — stomach upset, vomiting, lethargy. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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