Apocynaceae FAMILY
Landolphia elliptica
Landolphia elliptica
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Landolphia elliptica is a climbing shrub sending out vigorous woody stems that clamber into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local consumption.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar.
HabitatShady places in coastal forests and other forests at low elevations[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].