Vitaceae FAMILY
Cissus producta
Cissus producta
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cissus producta is a climbing plant producing annual stems from 2 - 20 metres long from a perennial, tuberous rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground, climbing into the surrounding vegetation and supporting themselves by means of tendrils. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and insect repellent.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Uganda and Tanzania, south to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
HabitatEvergreen forest; rain-forest; gallery forest in valleys; lake-shore forest; rocky places near waterfalls; humid and swampy forest; secondary forest and regrowths; periodically flooded gallery forest; at elevations up to 1,400 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].