Kedrostis foetidissima
Cucurbitaceae FAMILY

Kedrostis foetidissima

Kedrostis foetidissima

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kedrostis foetidissima is a herbaceous perennial plant producing annual stems up to 3 metres long from a tuberous, perennial rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground and climb into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 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. , 775 Title Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle Publication Author Leffers A. Publisher Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia. Year 2003 ISBN 99916-0-491-X Description Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry. ]. The leaves are a favoured food of some native peoples, where they are commonly harvested from the wild for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - widespread from Senegal to Egypt, south to S. Africa but avoiding the areas of greater rainfall.
HabitatRain-forest and river margins; deciduous and semi-evergreen woodland and dry bushland, wooded grassland; termite mounds; at elevations from sea level to 2,000 metres[ 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. ].