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Cayratia debilis

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Planchon) Suessenguth

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Secondary growth
• forest
• woodland. Edible leaves
• medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct

Slender herbaceous tendril vine or trailer with 5-foliuolate glabrous leaves, terminal leaflet 75mm x 25mm, purple fruit to 4mm diameter, flowers yellowish-green or white in cymes, calyx 2mm across, 4 white petals

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• Aluka
• Botanicus
• FOTA