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Apocynaceae FAMILY

Cynanchum hastifolium

Cynanchum hastifolium

Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cynanchum clavidens is an irregularly-branched, herbaceous perennial, climbing plant producing stems 1 - 2.5 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 its edible fruit.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania.
HabitatDry savannah, Acacia-Commiphora bushland at elevations from 230 - 1,100 metres[ 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. ].