164 



Banks of R. Niger, Hinterland of Sierra Leone 12° and 13° N. lat. 

 (Gard. Chron. January 1st, 1881, p. 18). Senegambia (Planchon 

 I.e.). 



Fruits edible ; the best Vitis in Tropical Africa. 



M, Lecard, the discoverer, describes the fruit as excellent and 

 abundant. 



It was suggested that this Tine might prove useful for stocks in 

 the vine growing countries where Phylloxera was abundant, but 

 it has been found in no way superior to American stocks. 



JRef. — '• Les Yignes du Soudan," Carriere, in Revue Horticole, 

 1881,' pp. 352-355 ; 113-117 and 151-158.— Les Yignes du Sou Ian, 

 Lavallee, pp. 1-13 ; Soc. Nat. d'Agric. France (Bouchard-Huzard, 

 Paris, 1881). 



Vitis Leonensis, HooJc. /. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 398. 



[Amjielocissus leonensis, Planch, in Journ. la Vigne, Amer. Jan. 

 1885, p. 30 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 387.] 



Nupe. 



Fruits red, edible. 



Vitis pallida, Wight & Am. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 393, in part. 



[Cissus populnea, Guill. et Perr. ; Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. 

 p. 479.] 



Vernac. name. — Dafara (Katagum, Dalziel). 



Lagos ; Nupe ; Katagum. 



Bark used to give viscid solution, mixed with native cement 

 (Dalziel, Herb. Kew). 



Vitis palmatifida, Baker ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 397. 

 \_Cissus palmatifida, Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 473.] 

 Niger ; Nupe. 

 Fruits edible — like black currants. 



Vitis quadrangularis, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 399. 



[Cissus quadrangular is, Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 509.] 



III.— Rheede, Hort. Mai. vii. t. 41 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. or. i. t. 51 ; 

 Wood, Natal PI. iv. t. 393. 



Vernac. names. — Sassarau Kura (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Meeoleh- 

 oleh (Unyoro, Grant). — Edible Stemmed Vine. 



Nupe ; Katagum ; widely distributed in Tropical Africa. Occurs 

 also in Arabia, India, Ceylon, etc. 



Fruit edible. 



In India the stems are eaten by the natives in curries ; they 

 become very acid with age. 



The leaves and young shoots, dried and powdered, are given in 

 bowel complaints (Diet. Econ. Prod. Ind.). 



Generally found trailing over trees and bushes ; in rocky places, 

 Nupe (Barter, Herb. Kew) ; on the mounds of the white ant in 

 Senegambia (Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 400). 



