Menispermaceae
73 species
Climbing vines producing moon-seed fruits; mostly toxic despite edible-appearing berries.
Abuta grandifolia
Large leaf abuta
Edible: Fruit
Abuta obovata
Edible: Fruit mesocarp
Abuta platyphylla
Videira Silvestre
Edible: Root, Fruit
Abuta selloana
Edible: Fruit
Albertisia delagoensis
Edible: Fruit
Albertisia mangenotii
Edible: Fruit
Albertisia papuana
Sungkai papuana
Edible: Fruit, Leaves - flavouring
Albertisia sp.
Edible: Spice, Flavouring
Anamirta cocculus
Levant berries, Fish berries
Edible: Fruit - flavouring, Vegetable, Caution, Poisonous
Anomospermum chloranthum
Edible: Fruit
Anomospermum reticulatum subsp. dielsianum
Edible: Fruit
Arcangelisia gusanlung
Gu shan long
Edible: Medicine
Aspidocarya uvifera
Seiga
Edible: Fruit
Burasaia madagascariensis
Edible: Fruit, Leaves - spice
Chasmanthera dependens
Edible: Stems, Vegetable, Fruit, Roots, Tubers, Leaves
Chasmanthera welwitschii
Edible: Fruit, Root, Vegetable
Chondrodendron platyphyllum
Jabuticaba-de-cipo
Edible: Fruit
Chondrodendron tomentosum
Wild grape, Curare
Edible: Fruit
Cissampelos hirta
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Cissampelos mucronata
Edible: Leaves, Caution
Cissampelos pareira
Velvet leaf
Edible: Tubers, Root, Caution, Stems, Leaves, Fruit
Cissampelos torulosa
Edible: Leaves
Cissampelos tropaeolifolia
Edible: Fruit
Cocculus hirsutus
Python climber, Broom creeper, Bushveld moonseed creeper
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Cocculus limacia
Edible: Fruit
Cocculus orbiculatus
Queen coralbead
Edible: Leaves, Root
Cocculus pendulus
Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable
Coscinium blumeanum
Mengkunyit, Sekunyit, Tuba kupak
Edible: Tubers, Root
Coscinium fenestratum
False calumba, Yellow vine
Edible: Caution, Medicine, Flavouring
Curarea cuatrecasasii
Edible: Fruit
Curarea tomentocarpa
Edible: Fruit
Curarea toxicofera
Edible: Fruit
Cyclea barbata
Cincau leaves
Edible: Leaves, Root
Cyclea peltata
Pata root, Raj patha
Edible: Tubers
Cyclea sutchuenensis
Xigia
Edible: Fruit
Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii
Serendipity berry, Guinea potato
Edible: Tubers, Root, Fruit
Dioscoreophyllum volkensii
Serendipity berry
Edible: Leaves, Root, Fronds
Diploclisia glaucescens
Edible: Fruit
Disciphania ernstii
Edible: ?
Eleutharrhena macrocarpa
Xixidongdong
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Fibraurea recisa
Tall woody vine
Edible: Root - flavouring
Haematocarpus thompsonii
Edible: Fruit
Haematocarpus validus
Edible: Fruit
Jateorhiza palmata
Edible: Root - medicine
Limacia scandens
Edible: Fruit
Odontocarya acuparata
Capeba
Edible: Fruit
Odontocarya tripetala
Capeba
Edible: Fruit
Orthomene schomburgkii
Akawesi, Monkey genip
Edible: Fruit
Parabaena sagittata
Edible: Leaves, Stems
Penianthus longifolius
Edible: Fruit, Roots
Perichasma laetificata
Edible: Roots
Pycnarrhena tumefacta
Edible: Leaves
Rhigiocarya racemifera
Edible: Medicine
Sinomenium acutum
Snailseed
Edible: Leaves, Root
Sphenocentrum jollyanum
Edible: Roots, Fruit
Stephania abyssinica
Stephania brachyandra
Bai xian shu
Edible: Root
Stephania dinklagei
Edible: Medicine
Stephania glabra
Edible: Tuber, Root,
Probably also medicine.
Stephania japonica
Tape vine, Snake vine
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Seed
Stephania laetificata
Edible: Tubers, Root
Stephania longa
Edible: Leaves - tea
Stephania rotunda
Synclisia scabrida
Edible: Medicine
Tiliacora dielsiana
Edible: Fruit, Stem
Tiliacora leonensis
Edible: Fruit
Tiliacora triandra
Yanang
Edible: Flavouring, Leaves, Fruit
Tinospora cordifolia
Heart-leaved moonseed
Edible: Leaves, Stem - juice
Tinospora crispa
Edible: Fruit, Spice
Tinospora glabra
Edible: Leaves, Stems, Medicine
Tinospora smilacina
Snakevine
Edible: Tuber, Root
Triclisia dictyophylla
Edible: Medicine
Triclisia patens
Edible: Roots - flavouring, Fruit