Apocynaceae FAMILY

Landolphia thollonii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Landolphia thollonii is a scrambling shrub that can climb into trees and other taller plants[ 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/ ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for its latex.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWestern Tropical Africa - Congo, Zaire and Angola.

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/ ].