Menispermaceae FAMILY

Tinospora tenera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tinospora tenera is a semi-succulent, deciduous, climbing plant producing stems that twine around other plants for support[ 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 sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Tanzania, Mozambique, Swaziland and north-eastern South Africa.

HabitatLowland rainforests[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].