Cassine æthiopica, Thunb; Loes. (syn. Cassine mystroxylon, Ecklon & Zeyher) Kenya (Mbeere division, Embu district): ripened fruit mixed with porridge or gruel and with the white liquor from crushed, cooked maize. Vernacular name - Kikuyu: mu -Kawa, Ref. RILEY & BROKENSHA.
Cealastrus scandens, L. North America (Great Lakes region, Wisconsin, Minnesota): bark of vine boiled and eaten by Native American Chippewa, Forest Potawotami, and Menomini groups. May contain toxic (?) saponin. Vernacular names - Chippewa: Bimikwud ('Twisting around''), Manido bimakwit ('Spirit Twisted'). Forest Potawotami: Manito bimakwit ('Spirit Twisted'), Menominee: Manapus otate ('Entrails of Manapus '). Pimikiwit ('Entrails of Manabus '). English: Staff -Tree, Bitterseet Vine, Staff -vine, False Climbing Bittersweet, Shrubby Bittersweet, Wax -work, Fever -Twig, Yellow -Root, Climbing Orange Root, Jacob's Ladder. Ref. DILLNGHAM, JONES.
Salacia bussei, Loes. Tanzania (Ngindoland): ripe fruits eaten after removal of hard skin. Vernacular name - Ngindo: Mhumbuka. Ref. CROSS-UPCOTT