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Alafia orientalis

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Tanzania (Usambara Mts.), S. Trop. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Alafia orientalis is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.

Where it grows

Alafia orientalis is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its habitat is dense forest.

Other Alafia plants

Alafia barteri · Alafia caudata · Alafia lucida · Alafia multiflora · Alafia scandens · Alafia zambesiaca · Alafia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alafia orientalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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