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Useful Tropical Plants

Corallocarpus welwitschii

(Naudin) Hook.f. ex Welw.

Cucurbitaceae

+ Synonyms

Corallocarpus congolensis Cogn.

Corallocarpus gilgianus Cogn.

Corallocarpus glaucicaulis Dinter & Gilg ex Dinter

Corallocarpus scaber Dinter & Gilg ex Dinter

Rhynchocarpa welwitschii Naudin

Common Name:

Corallocarpus welwitschii
Climbing stem, growing into the surrounding vegetation
Photograph by: N. Juergens; Photo Guide to Plants of Southern African plants. BioCentre Klein Flottbek, Hamburg, Germany
© N. Juergens

General Information

Corallocarpus welwitschii is a perennial climbing plant producing annual stems up to 1 metre long from an underground perennial tuber. These stems scramble over the ground or clamber into nearby plants for support, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[
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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.
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The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its edible root.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Title
Flora Zambesiaca
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
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515
Title
Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8
Publication
 
Author
Var
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent.
Year
1868 - 1917
ISBN
 
Description
Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet.

Range

Western and southern Africa - Angola, Namibia, Botswana.

Habitat

Acacia and Colophospermum woodland at elevations from 700 - 1,400 metres[
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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.
]. Deciduous woodland and bushland at elevations from 350 - 1,050 metres in Botswana.

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
HabitPerennial Climber
Height1.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Root[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. Roasted and peeled[
775
Title
Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle
Publication
 
Author
Leffers A.
Publisher
Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia.
Year
2003
ISBN
99916-0-491-X
Description
Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry.
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Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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