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Useful Tropical Plants

Ampelocissus multistriata

(Baker) Planch.

Vitaceae

+ Synonyms

Vitis multistriata Baker

Common Name:

Ampelocissus multistriata
Fruits and leaves
Photograph by: Elisee Mbayngone; African Plants - A Photo Guide
© Elisee Mbayngone
Ampelocissus multistriata Ampelocissus multistriata

General Information

Ampelocissus multistriata is a herbaceous, perennial climbing plant producing stems several metres long that scramble over the ground or climb into other plants for support, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[
328
Title
African Flowering Plants Database
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].
The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

Tropical Africa - Senegal to southern Sudan, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique.

Habitat

Grassy bushland on steep slopes; riverine and gallery forest; bamboo brakes; wooded savannah; savannah scrub; open forest on sandy to sandy-clayey soil; sometimes on fallows at elevations from 125 - 900 metres[
328
Title
African Flowering Plants Database
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
]

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
HabitPerennial Climber
Height5.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked[
46
Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
]. They can also be preserved[
46
Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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