Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Leptadenia

Characteristics

A slender climber. The branches have small hairs near the tips. The leaves are 2-6 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. They vary in shape The flowers are in groups of 5-20 and are greenish-yellow. The fruit are follicles 6-8 cm long by 1 cm wide.
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Flowers greenish-yellow.
Twiner over shrubs
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten. The leaves, young shoots and flowers are used to flavour soups.
Uses animal food environmental use food gene source medicinal
Edible flowers fruits
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Cultivation

It can be trained to climb over walls and fences.
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Distribution

Leptadenia arborea world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:98961-1
WFO ID wfo-0000361246
COL ID 3THDN
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Synonyms

Leptadenia pallida Leptadenia heterophylla Leptadenia abyssinica Leptadenia forskaolii Leptadenia clavipes Leptadenia delilei Cynanchum arboreum Leptadenia arborea Cynanchum heterophyllum