Apocynaceae FAMILY

Clitandra cymulosa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clitandra cymulosa is a large, very vigorous, climbing shrub that can grow into the forest canopy with stems sometimes up to 100 metres long and up to 35cm in diameter at the base[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its fruit, which is a very popular local fruit and often sold in local markets. The plant also yields a useful latex.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Guinea to Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo and Uganda, south to Angola and Tanzania.

HabitatForest and forest margins of the dry zone[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].