Apocynaceae FAMILY

Fockea multiflora

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The latex in the plant is toxic[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Fockea multiflora is a climbing plant producing annual stems from 3 - 15 metres tall from a perennial rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground or twine around other plants for support. The plant is harvested from the wild for its latex, which is used as an adulterant of rubber. The plant is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern and eastern tropical Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, southern Angola, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Mozambique.

HabitatRocky areas on low hills or among rocks around the base of hills in open, Mopane or Brachystegia woodland or river banks at elevations from 500 - 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. ].