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Apocynaceae FAMILY

Ceropegia aristolochioides

Ceropegia aristolochioides

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ceropegia aristolochioides is a semi-succulent climbing plant producing stems from a tuberous rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 736 Title Flora of West Tropical Africa Publication Author Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=2025 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online flora, not yet complet (2012). Very comprehensive as regards to species covered, but the information on each species is often rather terse. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - widespread from Senegal to Somalia, south to Tanzania.
HabitatNot known