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Buckollia volubilis is a woody, twining climber from East Africa with tuberous roots, belonging to the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It is a wild plant of seasonally dry tropical areas and is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.
Buckollia volubilis is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to
the Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. Rudolf Schlechter, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its twining (volubilis in Latin) growth habit, using the synonymous name Raphionacme volubilis.
It has been reported as being used as a wild edible plant in Hamer and Konso communities in Ethiopia, and as a medicinal plant in Nandi communities in Kenya.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buckollia volubilis 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.
