Apocynaceae FAMILY

Alafia barteri

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is said to be poisonous, but no further information is available[ 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/ ].

Botanical Description

Alafia barteri is a vigorous, climbing shrub producing stems up to 35 metres long that scramble over the ground or climb up into trees in the forest. The stems can be 3cm in diameter[ 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 tying material and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon, Congo and Gabon.

HabitatLowland forests at elevations up to 200 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. ]. Closed forest and secondary scrub[ 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/ ].