Cyphostemma flavicans
(Baker) Desc.
VitaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the savannah in West Africa.
Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinée, Mali, Senegal, West Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It has a stout rootstock and puts up annual stems. The stems grow 1 m high.
Names & Synonyms
Alfa, Gbayiro, Yaffa
Vitis flavicans BakerCyphostemma chevalieri (Gilg & M. Brandt) Desc.Cissus chevalieri Gilg. & M. Brandt.Cissus flavicans (Baker) Desc.Cissus dahomensis A. Chev.
References (5)
- Bonou, A., et al, 2013, Valeur economique des Produits Forestiers Non Ligneux (PFNL) au Benin. Editions Universitaires Europeennes p 92
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.
- Dalziel, 1937,
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 128 (As Cissus flavicans)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
