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Tiliacora funifera

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(Miers) Oliver

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Somalia
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• evergreen forest
• thicket

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Oct

High-climbing liana with coriaceous leaves 100mm x 50mm, cauliflorous racemes or pubescent fascicles with bracts, of male flowers to 150mm long, green fruit, dull yellow-green flowers. Stout climbing or trailing liana

Stems & leaves have medicinal uses, stems used to make palm wine, stems used in construction, stems used to make chicken cages & fish traps

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• Botanicus
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• FOA