All Evergreen Climbing Vines

Woody climbing plants that keep their leaves through the year and climb by twining stems, here the betel vine of South and Southeast Asia and the ayahuasca vine of the Amazon, both tied to old rites of hospitality, healing and visionary practice. A plant belongs here when its cited plant database page calls it an evergreen climber. It excludes deciduous and annual climbing plants, which lose their leaves or die each year. Both are grown in warm, humid forest climates and both are prepared with other plants in traditional use, which is why they sit together as vines.