Culcasia scandens P.Beauv.

Species

Angiosperms > Alismatales > Araceae > Culcasia

Characteristics

A herb that climbs on other plants. The stems are slender and wiry. They are 2-3 mm across. The leaves are broadly oval and unequal. They are rounded at the base. They are 10-17 cm long and 5-8 cm wide.
Life form perennial
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Growth support climber
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Mature height (meter) 2.61
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edges of forests and in savannah in West Africa. In Nigeria it grows at 1,440 m above sea level.
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Wet river banks. Fringing forest and savannah.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and used for a drink.
Uses food material medicinal poison
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Culcasia scandens unspecified picture

Distribution

Culcasia scandens world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Conservation status

Culcasia scandens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86788-1
WFO ID wfo-0000933480
COL ID 6BQMK
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Synonyms

Caladium scandens Culcasia lancifolia Culcasia gracilis Culcasia saxatilis Culcasia scandens Culcasia tepoensis Denhamia scandens