Dalechampia ipomoeifolia

Botanical Description

Dalechampia ipomoeifolia is usually a climbing shrub producing stems up to 7 metres long and 3 - 5mm wide at the base, that twine into other plants for support. At times, though, the plant can be more shrub-like or even become tree-like with a single trunk[ 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 plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.