Apocynaceae FAMILY

Cynanchum schistoglossum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cynanchum schistoglossum is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant producing richly-branched stems up to 3 metres long from a woody rhizome. The stems twine into other plants for support[ 479 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 83 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on ethnobotany. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild, especially in Malawi, where the edible leaves are commonly used in the rainy season[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern and Southern Africa - Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, S. Africa.

HabitatClayey loam soils in forest margins, thickets, and grasslands; often near water; also along roadsides and in disturbed areas, at elevations up to 1,800 metres[ 479 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 83 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on ethnobotany. It can be downloaded from the internet. ].