Apocynaceae FAMILY
Landolphia letestui
Landolphia letestui
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Landolphia letestui is a climbing shrub producing stems up to 15 metres long and 10cm in diameter. The stems attach themselves to other plants by means of tendrils[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a rope.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Gabon, DR Congo, northern Angola.
HabitatA plant of dense shade in primary forest, it is also found in the more open areas of secondary forest; found at elevations up to 500 metres[ 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. ].