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Ampelocissus africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Vitales
Family:	Vitaceae
Genus:	Ampelocissus
Species:	A. africana
Binomial name
Ampelocissus africana (Lour.) Merr.
Synonyms
Ampelocissus asarifolia (Baker) Planch. Ampelocissus grantii Baker Ampelocissus mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Planch. Botria africana Lour. Vitis grantii Baker Vitis asarifolia Baker Vitis mossambicensis Klotzsch

Ampelocissus africana is a type of vine that is woody, or liana of the grape family, bearing edible fruit. It is native to habitats in, and around forested areas in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania (including the Zanzibar Archipelago, from where the type specimen was collected), Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana. It was originally described botanically in 1790 by João de Loureiro as Botria africanus, which is the basionym for its treatment here under Ampelocissus.

References

1. ^ Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. ser.2, 24(2): 253. 1935 "Plant Name Details for Ampelocissus africana". IPNI. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
2. ^ H.Wild & R.B.Drummond (1966). "eFloras results for Ampelocissus africana in VITACEAE". Flora Zambesiaca. 2, Part 2. eFloras, through the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
3. Robert Freeman (March 10, 1998). "VITACEAE". Famine Foods. Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: Purdue University. Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved November 5, 2009.

External links

• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Ampelocissus africana". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

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