Apocynaceae FAMILY
Motandra guineensis
Motandra guineensis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Motandra guineensis is a vigorous climbing shrub producing stems up to 40 metres long and 10cm 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 stems scramble over the ground, climbing high into the surrounding vegetation. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone and Mali to Sudan and Uganda, south to Angola and DR Congo.
HabitatOpen or secondary deciduous forest, gallery forest and in secondary regrowth. It grows on sand, clay and rocky outcrops, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,200 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. ].