Soap Creeper
Helinus mysticinus (?)
Among roadside plants near Nairobi National Park, Kenya. Dec. 2015.
VINE: Climbs by tendrils which are flat-coiled and finely pubescent. Young stems are reddish. Older stems may reach up to 6 meters
by climbing over other shrubs.
LEAVES: The leaves are oval in shape and the margins are smooth.
FLOWERS: Small whitish flowers with five petals appear in small clusters.
RANGE: Eastern tropical Africa growing especially at forest margins among rank vegetation.
FRUIT: Small dryish capsules covered with small tubercles.
UNARMED.