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Alafia lucida is a large woody climber (liana) from tropical African forests, reaching up to 45 metres. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care advice is limited to what suits a warm, humid tropical climate.
Alafia lucida is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.
Alafia lucida is native to an area of tropical Africa from Liberia east to Tanzania. Its habitat is forests, from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude.
Local traditional medicinal uses of Alafia lucida include as a treatment for jaundice, eye problems and stomach complaints. The plant has been used as arrow poison.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alafia lucida 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.
