Ancylobothrys robusta

Botanical Description

Ancylobothrys robusta is a vigorous, evergreen climbing shrub, capable of producing stems that can climb 30 metres into the forest canopy. The branches can attach themselves by means of terminal tendrils. Mature stems can be 2 - 8cm 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.