Menispermaceae FAMILY

Kolobopetalum auriculatum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kolobopetalum auriculatum is a vigorous climbing shrub with slender stems and numerous aerial 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. ]. It can climb high into the forest canopy, attatching itself by means of twining petioles[ 736 Title Flora of West Tropical Africa Publication Author Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=2025 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online flora, not yet complet (2012). Very comprehensive as regards to species covered, but the information on each species is often rather terse. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire to Cameroon, south to northern Angola and DR Congo.

HabitatPrimary rainforest and areas of forest regrowth, at elevations up to 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. ].