Cyphostemma currorii is found in hot, arid rocky places, and has been seen from southern Angola to Namibia and is common on the Brandberg.

[2] The trunk has a yellowish to orange bark, peeling off in a paper-like flakes to expose a greenish underbark.

Cyphostemma currorii is found in hot, arid rocky places, and has been seen from southern Angola to Namibia and is common on the Brandberg.

Due to its trunk ability to preserve water and be able to survive in dry, arid areas these trees are many times used as landscape decoration; ornamental pieces.

This species was named after Andrew B. Curror, a Royal Navy surgeon, from the vessel HMS Waterwitch, who first collected specimens of the tree at Elephant's Bay in Angola in the 1840s - the genus Curroria Planch.