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General Information

Dalechampia ipomoeifolia is usually a climbing shrub producing stems up to 7 metres long and 3 - 5mm wide at the base, that twine into other plants for support. At times, though, the plant can be more shrub-like or even become tree-like with a single trunk[].
The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Uganda, south to DR Congo to Tanzania.

Habitat

Forest margins at elevations up to 1,200 metres[]. Forest edges; regrowth; plantations; more rarely in aquatic meadows; periodically flooded wooded formations with Alchornea cordifolia; gallery forest; at elevations from 200 - 1,150 metres[].

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Climber
Height	7.00 m
Pollinators	Bees
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The flowering aerial parts are applied topically to calm costal and rheumatic pain[, ].

Other Uses

A triterpene resin is produced in the flowers[]. No human uses are recorded for it, but bees harvest it and use it in nest construction[].

Propagation

Seed -

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