Cryptolepis nigrescens (Wennberg) L.Joubert & Bruyns

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Cryptolepis

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Craw-Craw (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Rickets (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cryptolepis nigrescens world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77158572-1
WFO ID wfo-0001347030
COL ID ZXYR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Periploca afzelii Periploca gabonica Parquetina nigrescens Periploca nigrescens Periploca preussii Parquetina gabonica Cryptolepis nigrescens