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Landolphia buchananii is a climbing liana or sprawling shrub from African savannahs and montane forests, grown mainly in its native range rather than as a garden plant. It is a vigorous climber that needs a strong support and warm, humid conditions.
Landolphia buchananii is a liana within the Apocynaceae family. It is sometimes called Nandi rubber in English and known locally as Mugu among Kikuyus. Occurs in savannahs and montane forests in East Africa and Southeastern Nigeria.
Occurs in West, Central and East Africa, from Nigeria in the west to Sudan in Central Africa and southwards to Zimbabwe.
Ripe fruits are eaten by locals while stems are used in rope and basket making, root extracts are traditionally used to treat gonorrhea and bilharzia while leaf extracts are used to treat wounds.
Landolphia angustisepala · Landolphia dulcis · Landolphia rubber · Kirk's landolphia · Mann's landolphia · White rubber vine · Landolphia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Landolphia buchananii 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.
