Cucurbitaceae FAMILY

Momordica angustisepala

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Momordica angustisepala is a large climbing plant with stout stems. The stems scramble over the ground or climb into the surrounding vegetation where they attach themselves by means of tendrils[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for its stems, which are used to make sponges. It is sometimes cultivated for these stems in Ghana[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire to Cameroon.

HabitatUsually found in closed, deciduous and semi-deciduous forest. It also occurs at the edge of secondary forest or in old plantations, disturbed areas and roadsides[ 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. ].