Cissus diversilobata

C. A. Sm.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten as a snack.

Where to Find It

A subtropical plant.

Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,

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 shrub. The stems are arching. The leaves vary in shape. They can be simple, have deep lobes or have 3 leaflets. The leaves are about 6 cm across. There are teeth around the edge. The flowering shoots are 13 cm long and branched. There are many small flowers. The fruit is oval and has a pointed tip. They are 3 cm long by 2 cm wide.

Notes

There are about 200-350 Cissus species. There are about 75 species in tropical America.

References (5)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 368
Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 128
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 107
Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179

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