Flagellariaceae FAMILY

Flagellaria guineensis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber

Growth—

Occurs as a weed on tree crop plantations in E Africa and is said to be resistant to herbicides^{[1, 2]}. It is a weed invader of rice-fields in the Bendel state of Nigeria^[2]. The plant regrows from the base after cutting back^[1].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

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]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/