Cissus palmatifida
(Baker) Planch.
Nagua
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Description
A trailing herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a few simple tendrils by which it can attach to objects. The leaves are alternate and have leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand. There are 3-5 lobes. The leaf blade is about 11 cm long and the stalk can be 5 cm long. There are 6-12 flowers in a cluster. The fruit is a berry 4-5 mm across. It is black and has one seed.
Edible Uses
The leaves are used to make sauce and to flavor other dishes, and the pulp of ripe fruit is eaten.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used to make a sauce. They are also used to flavour other dishes. The pulp of the ripe fruit is eaten.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in savanna woodland.
Where It Grows
Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Guinea, Guinée, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, West Africa,
Other Information
A food of only local importance.
Notes
There are about 200-350 Cissus species. There are about 75 species in tropical America.
Synonyms
References (12)
- Achigan-Dako, E, et al (Eds), 2009, Catalogue of Traditional Vegetables in Benin. International Foundation for Science.
- Bosch, C.H., 2004. Cissus palmatifida (Baker) Planch. [Internet] Record from Protabase. Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa), Wageningen, Netherlands. < http://database.prota.org/search.htm>. Accessed 14 October 2009.
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.
- Busson, 1965,
- Dalziel, J. M., 1937, The Useful plants of west tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies London.
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- Dansi, A., et al, 2008, Traditional leafy vegetables and their use in the Benin Republic. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2008) 55:1239–1256
- Dansi, A., et al, 2009, Traditional leafy vegetables in Benin: folk nomenclature, species under threat and domestication. Acta Bot. Gallica 156(2), 183-199
- FAO, 1988, Traditional Food Plants, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 42. FAO Rome p 183
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 183
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 128
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 201
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
