Araceae FAMILY
Culcasia seretii
Culcasia seretii
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Culcasia seretii is a climbing or epiphytic plant producing slender stems up to 5 metres long with numerous adventitious roots by which it can cling to the trunks of trees[ 736 Title Flora of West Tropical Africa Publication Author Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=2025 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online flora, not yet complet (2012). Very comprehensive as regards to species covered, but the information on each species is often rather terse. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a tying material.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Gabon and DR Congo.
HabitatShady places in dense humid forest, in the undergrowth of secondary forest or along water courses, at elevations from 150 - 800 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. ].