Flagellariaceae FAMILY

Flagellaria indica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Flagellaria indica is a semi-woody climbing plant with stems up to 15 metres long, occasionally even to 20 metres[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 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. ]. The leaves are unusual in as much as they terminate in a coiling tendril that helps the plant to climb[ 311 Title Medicinal Plants in the South Pacific Publication Author Publisher WHO Regional Publications, Manilla. Year 1998 ISBN 92-9061-118-9 Description Excellent guide to 102 medicinal herbs of the Pacific Islands, with photographs of each plant and details of their constituents, biological activities and traditional uses. A description of each plant, together with habitat and distribution is given. ]. The plant is often gathered from the wild for local use, mainly as a source of material for making baskets etc, but also as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Africa, through tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia and the western Pacific.

HabitatMoist littoral forests, mangrove swamps, freshwater swamps; from near sea level to elevations of 1,500 metres in S. China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. A common forest climber which climbs over shrubs and smaller trees in wet to dry forest[ 311 Title Medicinal Plants in the South Pacific Publication Author Publisher WHO Regional Publications, Manilla. Year 1998 ISBN 92-9061-118-9 Description Excellent guide to 102 medicinal herbs of the Pacific Islands, with photographs of each plant and details of their constituents, biological activities and traditional uses. A description of each plant, together with habitat and distribution is given. ].