Rhamnaceae FAMILY

Helinus integrifolius

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Helinus integrifolius is a much-branched shrub or climbing plant producing stems from 0.5 - 6 metres or more tall. The stems climb into other plants for support, supporting themselves by means of tendrils and forming dense, entangled mats of growth[ 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 source of soap.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - drier areas in Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa.

HabitatThickets; forest margins; dry open woody vegetation of all sorts; usually on sand; Acacia and Acacia-Commiphora woodland and bushland; dry savannahs; in rocky places; thickets along river banks; grassy thickets; at elevations up to 1,700 metres[ 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. ].