Vitaceae FAMILY

Cissus dinklagei

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cissus dinklagei is a climbing shrub, producing stems that can be 25 - 40 metres long. The flexible, cord-like, woody stems can be 5cm in diameter, they climb 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, northern Angola.

HabitatDense evergreen rain-forest; river banks; open secondary forest; bushy edges at the base of rock; at elevations up to 750 metres[ 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. , 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. ].