Cucurbitaceae FAMILY

Diplocyclos palmatus

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The dried leaves have caused deaths in calves and ewes[ 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. ]. All parts of the plant are extremely poisonous[ 440 Title Brisbane Rainforest Action and Information Network, Publication Author Website http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on plants in the Queensland Rainforests. ]. Several children are said to have died after eating the fruit[ 440 Title Brisbane Rainforest Action and Information Network, Publication Author Website http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on plants in the Queensland Rainforests. ]. There are conflicting reports on the toxicity of this plant, with it being considered poisonous in Australia, whilst the leaves are eaten in several other countries[ 658 Title Food Plants of Papua New Guinea Publication Author French. B.R. Publisher Author. Year 2006 ISBN Description Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants. ].

Botanical Description

Diplocyclos palmatus is a short-lived, perennial climbing plant producing annual, much-branched stems up to 6 metres long from a fleshy rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground, climbing into the surrounding vegetation where it attaches itself by means of tendrils[ 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. ]. In some areas the plant is considered toxic, whilst in others it is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is sometimes grown as a garden ornamental, being valued especially for its decorative fruits[ 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 areas of Africa, through E. Asia from India, through Malaysia to Australasia.

HabitatRain, swamp or other ground-water forests; flood-plains; valley and seasonal swamp grasslands; old cultivations; at elevations from sea level up to 1,900 metres[ 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. ]. Found in different types of vegetation, but usually in wet localities[ 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. ].