Mezoneuron benthamianum

Botanical Description

Mezoneuron benthamianum is a climbing or straggling shrub with stems up to 20 metres long and up to 8cm in diameter. The stems are armed with recurved spines[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use, mainly medicinal, but also as a source of water. It is sometimes planted into hedges to make them impenetrable. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].