Apocynaceae FAMILY
Landolphia membranacea
Landolphia membranacea
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Landolphia membranacea is a slender climbing shrub, producing stems that cling on to other plants for support by means of tendrils. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of latex.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Guinea to Cote D'Ivoire.
HabitatForest zone[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].