Gouania tiliifolia Lam.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Gouania

Characteristics

A shrub or creeper.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in humid places. It grows between 500-1,000 m above sea level in Madagascar.
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Thickets at low and medium elevations.
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Usage

Young leaves are eaten.
Uses medicinal poison
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Gouania tiliifolia world distribution map, present in Mauritius and Réunion

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:717531-1
WFO ID wfo-0000708370
COL ID 3H4QY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706330
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Synonyms

Retinaria scandens Gouania tiliifolia Gouania retinaria Gouania scandens Gouania sieberiana Gouania stadtmannii Retinaria volubilis

Lower taxons

Gouania tiliifolia subsp. glandulosa