Apocynaceae FAMILY

Cynanchum gerrardii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

A latex obtained from the plant is used as a fish poison[ 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. , 479 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 83 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on ethnobotany. It can be downloaded from the internet. ].

Botanical Description

Cynanchum gerrardii is a richly-branched, evergreen, semi-succulent, perennial, climbing plant with stems 50 - 200cm long that twine into other plants for support[ 479 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 83 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on ethnobotany. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, S. Africa, Madagascar; Arabian Peninsula.

HabitatClose to the sea, or further inland, on rocky outcrops, in sandy or clayey depressions, often in slightly disturbed sites, at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 479 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Volume 83 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on ethnobotany. It can be downloaded from the internet. ].