Menispermaceae FAMILY

Chasmanthera welwitschii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

A fishing poison is prepared from the leaves, combined with the leaves of Tephrosia vogelii[ 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 roots are used as an ordeal-poison, judgement resting on whether the roots caused constipation or diarrhoea, indicating innocence or guilt, respectively[ 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

Chasmanthera welwitschii is a climbing shrub producing stems up to 30 metres long. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, western DR Congo, Angola.

HabitatRainforests[ 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. ]. Dense evergreen and semi-deciduous humid forest, in gallery forest, humid secondary forest and bush fallow at low to medium elevations[ 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. ].