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Widespread in tropical Africa, Namibia and South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal. Mozambique distribution: N,Z,T,MS, ...
Oct 13, 2024 · A very popular medicinal herb in Africa, where it is commonly harvested from the wild for mainly local use. It is also much planted in home ...
The species is also known as abuta in Ayurvedic medicine. The Maasai people of Kenya use Cissampelos mucronata as a forage for their cattle.

Cissampelos mucronata

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The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Climber with slender, twining stems. Branchlets pubescent to puberulous. Leaves heart-shaped to subreni-form, obtuse at apex, deeply cordate at base.
Cissampelos mucronata A.Rich. Higher Classification. Dicotyledons. Family. MENISPERMACEAE. Synonyms. Cissampelos macrostachya ...
The stems of Cissampelos mucronata are commonly used for tying and binding and in wickerwork; in DR Congo stems are used to make fishing lines.
Herbaceous climber, in open forest, wooded savannah, and seasonally flooded grassy savannah; also in fallow and disturbed sites. C. N.: mukoko (kb).
Sep 21, 2024 · Liane with a woody rootstock. The leaves are subpeltate, ovate-cordate and covered in greyish indumentum; mucronate at the apex; flowers ...
The roots of Cissampelos mucronata were taken in Ethiopia for stomach ache, gastrointestinal complaints and to expel retained placenta (Giday et al., 2009; ...