Adenia gummifera
Adenia gummifera
Afrikaans: Bobejaangif
English : Green vine
IsiXhosa: impinda
Description and diagnostic features
It is subtropical green creeper that grows high up into the forest canopy. It holds the branches of the canopy together so that even when large branches are broken off by a storm, they do not fall to the ground.
Part used
The long trailing creeping branches of the vine.
Uses
It is most commonly used to let go of situations. It is dried and burnt for the purpose. If someone attacks us we tend to feel affronted and find it difficult to forgive them. By burning a thread from the dried stem it lets everything go so that we are no longer burdened by it. Some people think of it as sending it back, but it is really just letting it go. If nothing is holding it, it will naturally goes to its initiator in any case.
Warning
If someone attacked you and you let it go, then they may perceive it as coming from you and they think you have joined in warfare. So before you burn it, dust it with isiphepeto powder so they cannot see where it is coming from.
Habitat
It grows into the canopy of the damp forests in KwaZulu and further north.
Propagation