Vitaceae FAMILY

Cyphostemma adenocaule

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyphostemma adenocaule is a herbaceous, perennial, climbing plant producing stems 1.5 - 7.5 metres long from a tuberous rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground, climbing into the surrounding vegetation where they support 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 plant is a popular vegetable in parts of Africa, where it is commonly harvested from the wild for local use. It is also used medicinally and is the source of a fibre, insecticide and construction material. There are reports that the plant is cultivated in Ethiopia[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Eritrea, south to Angola, DR Congo, Malawi and Mozambique.

HabitatFringing forest; clearings in evergreen forest; bushland; thickets; grassland with or without scattered trees; abandoned cultivations; fallows; secondary forest; sandy river-banks; granitic rocks; rain-forest; savannah; at elevations to 2,650 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. ].