Menispermaceae FAMILY

Tinospora oblongifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tinospora oblongifolia is a deciduous, climbing shrub producing stems up to 12 metres long that twine around other plants for support[ 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. , 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 roots are sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern tropical Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique.

HabitatLowland rain-forest, coastal evergreen bushland; at elevations up to 1,000 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. , 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. ].