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Cryptolepis apiculata (Cryptolepis apiculata)

Description

Cryptolepis africana is a climbing shrub producing stems up to 3 metres long that scramble over the ground and twine into other plants for support.The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Gentianales

            • Family: Apocynaceae

              • Genus: Cryptolepis