Apocynaceae FAMILY

Pentarrhinum abyssinicum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pentarrhinum abyssinicum is a herbaceous, perennial climbing plant, producing strongly-branched annual stems 2 - 2.5 metres long from fibrous roots[ 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 stems scramble over the ground and twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe.

HabitatOpen woodland, forest margins and grasslands, at elevations from 1,000 - 2,000 metres[ 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. ].