Black Creeper

This big creeper is a steady-growing plant, with the largest known specimen reaching a length of 62 feet (18.9 meters) and growing as high as 138 feet (42.1 meters). It prefers to grow on rock formations.

It takes 18 months for the pink-red stems to mature, by which point they each have a diameter of 1.6 feet (48 cm) and are thick and twisted.

The broad, flat, sticky leaves reach up to 8 inches (20 cm) in length. They are a shade of emerald that gradient shifts to black at the top, and have tattered edges.

During late spring, the creeper produces handfuls of tiny black flowers, and during the late summer, after flowering, it produces a handful of large seed pods.