Menispermaceae FAMILY

Triclisia patens

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Triclisia patens is a climbing shrub with stems that can be up to 12 metres long and 6cm in diameter[ 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 a popular traditional medicine and is often harvested from the wild for local use. It is also used to make a string and to incease the strength of alcoholic beverages. It is often sold as a traditional medicine in local markets[ 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 RangeWest tropical Africa - Senegal to Ghana and Benin.

HabitatRainforest and gallery forest; also common in secondary forest and on fallow land, at low to medium elevations[ 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. ].