Landolphia heudelotii
Species of plant
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Landolphia heudelotii is a climbing shrub or liana that is within the Apocynaceae family, it occurs in the Guinea and Sudan savannahs of West Africa and cultivated for its rubber and edible fruit. It is known as toll or boufembe.
| Landolphia heudelotii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Landolphia |
| Species: | L. heudelotii |
| Binomial name | |
| Landolphia heudelotii A.DC. | |
Description
The species grows up to 4-12 meters high, it has a beige to brownish colored bark with white exudate and lenticellate stems.[1] Leaves opposite with a pubescent surface; the leaf-blade is obovate to ovate in outline, 4-12 cm long and 3-4 cm wide with a rounded to cuneate base, apex is bluntly cuneate or acuminate, petiole between 0.2-0.5 cm long.[1][2] The inflorescence is terminal somewhat tendril-like with fragrant flowers; fruit, ellipsoid or pear shaped berries, 2-4 cm in diameter, they are usually in clusters of 2-6 and are orange when ripe.[1][2]
Distribution
Chemistry
Fruits obtained from the species showed the presence of the compounds, meta-cresol, linalool and the isomer farnesene.[3]