Apocynaceae FAMILY
Leptadenia hastata
Leptadenia hastata
Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial Climber
Growth—
A plant of semi-arid areas in the tropics. Succeeds in poor soil conditions[1]. Established plants are drought tolerant[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Leptadenia+hastata>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
- [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/