Cissus gracilis – Famine Foods

Cissus gracilis

Uses

Sénégal, Guinea. The Bassari and Bedik eat the boiled leaves, with the tubers of Amorphophallus consimils, to make the leaves edible.

Additional Information

Name Authority:
Guill. & Perr.
Vernaculars:
Bassari: e-Suhp. Bedik: e-Tuhp

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