Apocynaceae FAMILY

Cryptolepis obtusa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cryptolepis obtusa is a climbing shrub producing stems up to 4 metres long that twine into other plants for support[ 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 medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast and southern Africa - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.

HabitatRiver valleys and shrubland, from sea-level up to 2,000 metres