Araceae FAMILY

Cercestis mirabilis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial Climber

Growth—

Cercestis mirabilis is a plant of the lowland, humid tropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 400 metres^[1]. The plant can be cut back quite severely when harvesting it. New shoots are soon produced from the lower stem^[1]

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cercestis+mirabilis>

Pollinators

Flies

References

[1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
[2]Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8 — Var · L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent. · 1868 - 1917 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet.