Apocynaceae FAMILY
Funtumia africana
Funtumia africana
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
The latex obtained from this plant is a weak ingredient and adherent for poisoned arrows[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
GrowthFast
The tree is of rapid growth, and is an evanescent colonizer of abandoned land[2].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Funtumia+africana>
Pollinators
Bees, Insects
References
- [1]World Agroforesty Centre — http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ ↩︎An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc.
- [2]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎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/