Leptadenia hastata

Botanical Description

Leptadenia hastata is a many-stemmed climber, producing soft stems but becoming woody 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 able to continue growing in harsh, dry conditions when other plants are dying. It is often seen and used as a famine food, but the plant is also commonly harvested from the wild as a local food and is frequently eaten, especially by poorer people, even when other food is available[ 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. ]. It is sometimes sold in local markets. The plant is not generally cultivated, but its presence is often encouraged by sowing the seeds close to habitations[ 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. ].