Landolphia heudelotii A.Dc.

Landolphia rubber (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Landolphia

Characteristics

A bush or woody creeper. The stems can be 1.25 m around. They grow 15 m long. It can have long hooked tendrils. The young branches have a few hairs. The leaves are oblong and 8-15 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The flowers are in many flowered oval groups. The fruit are round, orange and 3-6 cm across. They are a wrinkled, woody rind.
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Mostly white flowers in terminal, dense or lax cymes.
Climber, sometimes very long
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in woodland savannah. It can be in forests along rivers or in palm groves. It can withstand fire and grazing.
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Mainly a savannah and understory shrub, it is often found in open forests and on laterite and sandy soils near rivers.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The fruit is eaten. It is also used to make alcoholic drink. Caution: Alcohol is a cause of cancer.
Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal social use
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Distribution

Landolphia heudelotii world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:79629-1
WFO ID wfo-0000222786
COL ID 3S6NT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Landolphia heudelotii Vahea heudelotii Vahea tomentosa Landolphia michelinii Landolphia tomentosa