Cissus aralioides
Vitaceae FAMILY

Cissus aralioides

Cissus aralioides

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cissus aralioides is a gracefully pendulous, climbing shrub producing stems that can be 25 metres long[ 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. ]. It sometimes grows as a perennial herbaceous climber with stems 2 - 2.5 metres long that are woody at the base[ 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. ]. The stems can be 62 - 75mm in diameter[ 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. ]. The plant grows into other plants for support, attaching itself by means of coiled tendrils[ 544 Title Cataloge of African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 1861 Publication Author Hiern. W.P. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Longmans & Co.; London. Year 1898 ISBN Description In 6 volumes, it gives botanical descriptions and some uses of the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its edible fruit, which is eaten locally. The plant has a graceful habit of growth and looks very ornamental when it fruit[ 544 Title Cataloge of African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 1861 Publication Author Hiern. W.P. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Longmans & Co.; London. Year 1898 ISBN Description In 6 volumes, it gives botanical descriptions and some uses of the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to southern Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, south to Angola, DR Congo and Mozambique.
HabitatCoastal and riverine evergreen forest; semi-deciduous forest; disturbed forest; coastal bushland; wet Acacia bushland; grassland; often in thicket on granite rocks and termite mounds; damp dense primitive woods, swampy forests; 15 - 1,600 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. ].