Menispermaceae FAMILY

Tinospora caffra

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is used to prepare 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. ].

Botanical Description

Tinospora caffra is a climbing shrub producing stems up to 5 metres long that twine around other plants for support[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ]. The stems are up to 25cm in diameter[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ]. The leaves are sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Central African Republic, east to Kenya and south to the Caprivi Strip (Namibia), Botswana, Mozambique and eastern South Africa.

HabitatDense humid forest, deciduous bushland, in drier areas often on rock outcrops, at elevations up to 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. ].