Ampelocissus africana

Rogon daji
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	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 List source :

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Ampelocissus africana (known in Hausa as either Rogon daji or Lanbi) is a woody vine, or liana of the grape family, having 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.^[3]^[4] It was originally described botanically in 1790 by João de Loureiro as Botria africanus, which is the basionym for its treatment here under Ampelocissus.^[2]^[3]

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