Corallocarpus welwitschii

Botanical Description

Corallocarpus welwitschii is a perennial climbing plant producing annual stems up to 1 metre long from an underground perennial tuber. These stems scramble over the ground or clamber into nearby plants for support, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its edible root.