Apocynaceae FAMILY
Orthanthera jasminiflora
Orthanthera jasminiflora
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Orthanthera jasminiflora is a climbing or scrambling plant with stems up to 5 metres long growing from a stout, woody rhizome[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSouthern Africa - southern Angola, southern Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa.
HabitatDry savannah[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. Creeping on sandy soils[ 498 Title Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher HMSO; London. Year 1909 ISBN Description Contains information on a wide range of plants, including Raphionacme utilis. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].