Cayratia debilis
Cayratia debilis
Safety & Hazards
The stems are used in a mixture with the leaves of Tephrosia species to make a fish poison[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].
Botanical Description
Cayratia debilis is a climbing plant producing much-branched stems 1.8 - 5 metres long that scramble over the ground or climb into the surrounding vegetation, supporting themselves by means of tendrils. The stems can be herbaceous, or sometimes become slightly woody and persist for more than a year[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.