Apocynaceae FAMILY
Plectaneia thouarsii
Plectaneia thouarsii
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Plectaneia thouarsii is a large, evergreen climbing shrub. A latex obtained from the plant can be used to make rubber.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar.
HabitatCommon in forests on sand and sandstone, also in the drier conditions of the savannah and shrubland on calcareous soils[ 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. ].