Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Lepistemon owariense

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant can have pungent, stinging hairs[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].

Botanical Description

Lepistemon owariense is a climbing, herbaceous perennial plant producing stems up to 3 metres long[ 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, twining into the surrounding vegetation[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The leaves are sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - widely distributed from Ghana to Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

HabitatLowland rainforest, riverine forest, thickets, savannah woodland, wasteland and as a weed in cultivated fields, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,400 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. ].