Triclisia patens Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Triclisia

Characteristics

A large woody creeper. It climbs. It grows about 12 m long. The stem can be 6 cm across. The leaves are simple and alternate. Leaf stalks are 5-10 cm long. Leaves are narrowly oval and 10-18 cm long by 2-12 cm wide. The flowers are in groups 3-8 cm long by 2-12 cm wide. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are on oval, flattened, fleshy groups 1-2.5 cm long by 1-1.5 cm wide.
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Fruit yellow in bunches, smaller than above (Triclisia gilletii).
Flowers yellow or orange
Liane
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Growth form tree
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland rain-forest. It can also be in woodland along rivers and in palm groves.
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Rainforest and gallery forest; also common in secondary forest and on fallow land, at low to medium elevations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The roots are used in brewing.
Uses food material medicinal oil social use
Edible fruits roots stems
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Triclisia patens world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581677-1
WFO ID wfo-0000456497
COL ID 58ML6
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Synonyms

Triclisia patens