Alafia landolphioides

Alafia landolphioides grows as a liana up to 20 metres (66 ft) long, with a stem diameter of up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in). Its fragrant flowers feature a white corolla, dark red at the throat. The fruit is dark brown with paired cylindrical follicles, each up to 45 centimetres (18 in) in diameter.

Alafia landolphioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Alafia
Species:
A. landolphioides
Binomial name
Alafia landolphioides
Synonyms[1]
  • Alafia scandens (Thonn.) De Wild.
  • Blastrophe scandens (Thonn.) Didr.
  • Holarrhena landolphioides A.DC.

Its habitat is forest and savanna, from sea-level to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) altitude. Local medicinal uses include as a treatment for rheumatism. The plant has been used as arrow poison.[2] Alafia landolphioides grows natively in countries from Senegal in the west through West Africa to the Democratic Republic of Congo.[1]

References
  1. "Alafia landolphioides". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. Medicinal Plants. PROTA. 2008. p. 52. ISBN 978-9-05782-204-9.


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