Water lianas, salvation of thirsty villager in Sudano-Guinean savannas : quantitative and qualitative studies of Cissus populnea Guill. and Perr. (Vitaceae) | Les lianes a eau, providence du villageois assoiffe en savanes soudano-guineennes : etudes quantitative et qualitative de la seve de Cissus populnea Guill. and Perr. (Vitaceae)
1999
Ambe, G.A. | Malaisse, F (Faculte universitaire des Sciences agronomiques, Gembloux (Belgium). Lab. d'ecologie) | Delcarte, E.
Cissus populnea Guill. and Perr. (Vitaceae) is a strong woody liana in West-African savannas, which watery sap is used as drinking water by diverse rural people. The sap is studied from a quantitative and qualitative point of view. The amount of sap collected depends upon the season, extracting techniques, as well as of the part of stem used. These factors have to be taken into account to obtain a large flow of sap. Regarding the qualitative study, the gustative and chemical characteristics confirm that the sap is drinkable; nevertheless the high potassium content should be noted.
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