Coccinia trilobata
Coccinia trilobata
Safety & Hazards
The fruits are said to be toxic[ 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. ].
Botanical Description
Coccinia trilobata is a herbaceous, perennial, climbing plant producing stems up to 4 metres long from a tuberous rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground and climb into the surrounding vegetation, securing themselves by means of tendrils[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is occasionally harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is also sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ].