Apocynaceae
Landolphia

Landolphia landolphioides (Hallier f.) A.Chev.

First published in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 28: 401 (1948)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola. It is a liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Apocynaceae, H. Huber. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Climber up to 80 ft. long with tendrils
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Dense or lax axillary terminal inflorescences
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white, with the tube sometimes red at the base.
[FWTA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Apocynaceae, E.A. Omino. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2002

Morphology General Habit
Liana 5–30 m high; trunk up to 30 cm in diameter; branchlets tomentose or glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves petiolate, blade obovate or elliptic, 6–26 cm long, 2.8–10.3 cm wide, obtuse to obtusely acuminate at the apex, acumen up to 1 cm long, rounded to acute at the base, glabrous; petiole 4–17 mm long, glabrous, sometimes with glands in the axil.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence predominantly axillary, sometimes also terminal, 2.5–6.5 mm long, 3–45-flowered; peduncle 3–15 mm long, glabrous to tomentose; pedicels 2–8 mm long, glabrous to tomentose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers fragrant; sepals ovate, 1.4–3 mm long, rounded to obtuse at the apex; corolla white, creamy or yellow, often differently coloured on tube; tube 8–14 mm long; lobes 6.5–17.4 mm long, 2.5–4.3 mm wide, rounded at the apex; ovary glabrous to tomentose, ovules 50–180.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits yellow or glaucous, often with scattered lenticels, pyriform, subglobose or ovoid, 3.5–8 cm long, 2.5–7 cm in diameter, pulp fleshy, yellowish, 5–30 seeded; pericarp 0.4–7.5 mm thick; seeds irregularly ovoid, up to 21 mm long, laterally compressed, minutely pitted.
Habitat
Moist forest and riverine forest; 1150–1500 m
Distribution
U1 U2 U4
[FTEA]

Common Names

unknown
vine rubber

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0