Apocynaceae FAMILY
Landolphia calabarica
Landolphia calabarica
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Landolphia calabarica is a climbing shrub, producing woody, perennial stems up to 7 metres long that attach themselves to other plants by means of tendrils[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its edible fruit.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria.
HabitatForests[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ].