Apocynaceae FAMILY

Landolphia myrtifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Landolphia myrtifolia is a climbing shrub sending out vigorous woody stems that clamber into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. A latex is obtained from the plant.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar.

HabitatShady and high forests, often in disturbed places, at elevations from around sea level to 800 metres[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].