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Coccinia rehmannii
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Coccinia rehmannii

Coccinia rehmannii

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

The fruits are said to cause sore eyes[ 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

Coccinia rehmannii is a perennial, herbaceous, climbing or scrambling plant producing stems up to 5 metres long from a large, tuberous rootstock. The slender stems scramble over the ground or clamber into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves 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. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for its edible roots and fruit, which are eaten locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSouthern Africa - southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, S. Africa.
HabitatWooded grassland, woodland and coastal dunes; at elevations from sea level to 1,850 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. ]. Understorey of trees and shrubs[ 775 Title Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle Publication Author Leffers A. Publisher Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia. Year 2003 ISBN 99916-0-491-X Description Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry. ].