Cissus doeringii
Gilg. et Brandt
VitaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in rocky places in the savannah of West Africa.
Africa, Burkina Faso, Central Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, 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 small tropical shrub in the Vitaceae family with erect, stout woody branches reaching 90 cm high, native to rocky savannah areas of West Africa.
Notes
There are about 200-350 Cissus species. There are about 75 species in tropical America.
Names & Synonyms
Niobango, Pandiyamba, Sambango, Satutu lana
Cissus rufescens var. doeringii (Gilg) & Brandt) Desc.
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 128
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
