Landolphia buchananii

Botanical Description

Landolphia buchananii varies in habit from a scandent shrub scrambling over open ground to a climbing plant in woodland, twining itself around other plants for support, and capable of attaining heights of up to 40 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. Hooked tendrils can also be present[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ]. The stems are deeply fluted, looking rather like a bundle of parallel ropes[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is valued for its edible fruit, which is gathered from the wild and is often sold in local markets. A good quality latex is obtained from the stem, but this no longer has a commercial value.