Apocynaceae FAMILY
Cynanchum abyssinicum
Cynanchum abyssinicum
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cynanchum abyssinicum is a richly-branched, herbaceous, climbing, perennial plant producing stems 3 - 4 metres 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 and medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, eastern DR Congo.
HabitatForest margins, savannah, open scrub, often in secondary vegetation[ 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. ].