Cyphostemma chevalieri
(Gilg. & Brandt) Desc.
Vitaceae Edible: Fruit
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Description
A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It has a stout rootstock and puts up annual stems. It grows 1 m tall.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in eeh savannah.
Where It Grows
Africa, Guinea, Guinée, Mali, Senegal, West Africa,
Notes
There are about 200-350 Cissus species. There are about 75 species in tropical America.
Synonyms
Cissus chevalieri Gilg & M. Brandt
References (5)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Vol. 5
- Busson, 1965, (As Cissus chevalieri)
- Dalziel, J. M., 1937, The Useful plants of west tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies London. (As Cissus chevalieri)
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 127 (As Cissus chevalieri)
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 201 (As Cissus chevalieri)
