Anredera

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Anredera is a genus of five to ten species of plants native to the neotropics, most of them evergreen vines of dry scrubland and thickets. Common names include Madeira vine.

Species include:

Anredera baselloides (Kunth) Baill.
Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis
Anredera spicata J. F. Gmelin
Anredera vesicaria (Lam.) Gaertn f.

At least one species, A. cordifolia bears edible roots or tubers and leaves similar to those of Basella alba.

External links

[Anredera in the Flora of North America]
[Plants of Hawai'i] on Anredera cordifolia as an ornamental and invasive plant with accompanying [photographs]
[Plants For A Future database on Anredera cordifolia as food]

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