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Lagos silkrubbertree

Funtumia africana

Also called Lagos Rubber, False Rubbertree, Bastard Wild Rubber

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Trop. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Funtumia africana is a tree within the family Apocynaceae, it is one of two species within the genus Funtumia.

Where it grows

Occurs in the forest zones of Lower and Upper Guinea and southwards up to Mozambique.

Other Funtumia plants

Silkrubber · Funtumia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Funtumia africana 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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