Apocynaceae FAMILY

Ancylobothrys scandens

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ancylobothrys scandens is an evergreen climbing shrub producing stems 12 metres or more long that can climb into the surrounding vegetation or scramble over the ground, rooting as they go. The branches can attach themselves by means of terminal tendrils. The mature stem can be 2- 5cm in diameter[ 971 Title Revision of Ancylobotrys Pierre; Series of Revisions of Apocynaceae XXXV!! Publication Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 94-3 Author Vonk G.J.A; Leeuwenberg A.J.M.; Haegens R.M.A.P. Publisher Wageningen Agricultural University; Netherlands Year 1994 ISBN Description A revision of the genus with good information about plant habitat and uses ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Liberia to Cameroon and Central African Republic, south to Angola, DR Congo and Burundi

HabitatForest and gallery forest at elevations from sea level to 1,400 metres[ 971 Title Revision of Ancylobotrys Pierre; Series of Revisions of Apocynaceae XXXV!! Publication Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 94-3 Author Vonk G.J.A; Leeuwenberg A.J.M.; Haegens R.M.A.P. Publisher Wageningen Agricultural University; Netherlands Year 1994 ISBN Description A revision of the genus with good information about plant habitat and uses ].