A recent study has revealed that a tough, woody shrub that grows throughout Western Africa can actually share its water with adjacent cultivated plants and boost grain production.
Liana vines are long-stemmed, woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees or other means of vertical support to climb up to the canopy to gain access to sunlight. There are numerous varieties from many plant families. And, for reasons that are not entirely clear, their abundance has doubled in recent decades.
