Alafia nigrescens

Botanical Description

Alafia nigrescens is a large climbing shrub scrambling over the ground or climbing into the surrounding vegetation. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a tying material. Alafia nigrescens is a rare plant, collected from only a few locations. However, it is not listed in the IUCN Red list. It is protected in two conservation areas[ 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. ].