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Cayratia gracilis
Cayratia gracilis
- Botanic Family
- Vitaceae
- Author
- (Guillaumin & Perrier) Suessenguth
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Shrubs
- floating islands
- forest
- savanna
- woodland
- riverine vegetation. Used for fodder
- food
- medicinal purposes
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Aug
- Oct
Fruiting Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Nov
Slender, nearly glabrous herbaceous tendril vine with grooved stems, 3-5 leaflets, terminal leaflet 125mm x 50mm glabrous both sides, cymes to 100mm across of small greenish-white flower, green calyx, corolla to 2mm., 4 petals 8mm long, glabrous green currant-like fruit aging black to 6.5mm
Further References
- Adansonia
- Aluka
- Fzim
- Botanicus
- The Plant List
- FOTA