Cissus aphyllantha
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya,
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 scrambling shrub or climber. It grows 1-4 m tall. The rootstock is swollen. The stems are dark purplish-brown. They at first are hairy and develop cracks long them. Young leaves are broadly oval. They are 4 mm long by 5 mm wide and increase is size. Flowers develop in the dry season when the leaves have fallen. The flowers are in a branched group 2-4 cm long. They are yellow and hairy. The fruit are green with red colouring. They are oval and 0.9-1.3 cm long by 5.5 mm wide.
Names & Synonyms
Mwelengwa
References (2)
- Mutie, F. G., 2020, Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County. Plants 2020, 9, 1017
- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
