Apocynaceae FAMILY
Alafia benthamii
Alafia benthamii
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Alafia benthamii is a climbing shrub producing woody stems 4 - 9 metres long. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of medicines.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Gabon and DR Congo.
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/ ].