Cucurbitaceae FAMILY

Corallocarpus triangularis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Corallocarpus triangularis is a perennial climbing plant producing annual stems from a long, underground tuber. The stems can be 2 metres or more long, scrambling over the ground or clambering into other plants for support, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 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 harvested from the wild for food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa.

HabitatAcacia bushland, at elevations from 300 - 1,000 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].