Landolphia mannii

Botanical Description

Landolphia mannii is a very vigorous climbing shrub with stems that can be 35 metres long and 50cm in diameter near the base[ 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/ ]. A useful latex is sometimes harvested from the wild plants and used locally. The plant also provides an edible fruit, though it is not widely appreciated.