Menispermaceae FAMILY
Kolobopetalum chevalieri
Kolobopetalum chevalieri
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Kolobopetalum chevalieri is a climbing plant producing more or less woody stems up to 10 metres long and 15mm in diameter[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The much-branched and very flexible stems climb into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves by means of twining petioles. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and as a source of tying material.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Nigeria and the Central African Republis, south to Congo and DR Congo.
HabitatDense primary rain-forest; more open areas of secondary forest and forest regrowth[ 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/ ].