Menispermaceae FAMILY

Penianthus longifolius

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark sap is widely used as an ingredient of arrow poisons[ 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. ]. The root is an important component of several arrow poisons[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Penianthus longifolius is an evergreen shrub or small tree, it can grow up to 3 metres tall, occasionally to 4.5 metres[ 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. ]. The plant is a very popular traditional medicine in Africa, where it is valued especially as an aphrodisiac and is commonly harvested from the wild. The dried bark and roots are sold in local markets throughout its area of distribution[ 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 - Nigeria and Cameroon south to Congo, Angola and DR Congo.

HabitatAn understorey shrub in rainforests, on riversides and in gallery forest, often in deep shade of the high forest; also in fallow land, secondary forests and sometimes as a weed in plantations; at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 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. ].