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Alafia barteri is a large woody liana from the dogbane family, native to lowland tropical forests of West and West-Central Africa. It is grown mainly for its fragrant white flowers and in traditional medicine rather than as an ornamental, so care guidance is limited.
Alafia barteri is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.
Alafia barteri is native to an area of tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Gabon. Its habitat is lowland forest from sea level to 200 metres (700 ft) altitude.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alafia barteri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
