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Useful Tropical Plants

Anredera baselloides

(Kunth) Baill.

Basellaceae

+ Synonyms

Anredera weberbaueri (Ulbr.) Soukup

Boussingaultia baselloides Kunth

Boussingaultia weberbaueri Ulbr.

Tournonia leptostachys Moq.

Common Name:

Anredera baselloides
Flowering stems
Photograph by: Andreas Kay
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Anredera baselloides Anredera baselloides

General Information

Anredera baselloides is a herbaceous, perennial climbing plant with a tuberous rootstock, producing annual stems that sprawl on the ground or twine over other plants for support.
The edible leaves and roots are sometimes harvested from the wild for local use[
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.
]. The plant is occasionally cultivated for its edible leaves[
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.
].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

S. America - Peru, Ecuador.

Habitat

Found at elevations of 1,500 - 3,000 metres in Ecuador.

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
HabitPerennial Climber
Height0.00 m
Cultivation StatusCultivated, Wild

Cultivation Details



A plant of higher elevations in the tropics, it can also be grown at lower elevations in the subtropics.

Edible Uses

Leaves - eaten as a spinach[
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.
].

Tubers[
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 -
Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-03-28. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anredera+baselloides>

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