Cyphostemma junceum

(Webb) Descoings

Purplebloom wild grape

Vitaceae Edible: Fruit 51 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It is fleshy and grows 1.3 m high. It has a tuberous rootstock. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. The leaflets are 30 cm long by 5 cm wide. There are teeth along the edges. The flowers are in 25 cm long groups at the top of the plant. The petals are greenish-red. The fruit is reddish-purple. It is 1 cm long by 0.6 cm wide. There is one seed 7 mm long by 4 mm wide. It has ridges along it.

Edible Uses

The ripe fruit can be eaten.

Traditional Uses

The ripe fruit can be eaten.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in woodland.

Where It Grows

Africa, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Southern Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Synonyms

Cissus jatrophoides (Bak.) Planch.Cissus juncea WebbVitis juncea (Webb) Bak.Vitis jatrophoides Welw. ex Bak.

Also Known As

Mnuwake-munda, Mupassa, Zindakubaya

References (9)

Flora Zambesiaca. http://apps.kew.org/efloras
Fowler, D. G., 2007, Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses. Kew. p 63
Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 368
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 202
Tredgold, M.H., 1986, Food Plants of Zimbabwe. Mambo Press. p 7

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