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In Singapore: Kanwene (Grown in Singapore)
Pleiocarpa mutica is a shrub or small tree from wet tropical West and Central Africa, grown mainly for local medicine rather than as an ornamental. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions similar to its forest-understory home.
Pleiocarpa mutica is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.
The alkaloid kopsinine, which has in vitro anticholinergic activity, has been isolated from Pleiocarpa mutica.
Pleiocarpa mutica is native to an area of tropical Africa from Sierra Leone east to the Central African Republic. The species is found in a variety of habitats from sea-level to 600 metres (2,000 ft) altitude.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pleiocarpa mutica 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.
