Taxon:  Landolphia owariensis P. Beauv.



Summary
Genus:
Landolphia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Willughbeieae
Nomen number:
21435
Place of publication:
Fl. Oware 1:54, t. 34.  1806
Verified:
08/28/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Landolphia droogmansiana De Wild.
Landolphia stolzii Busse

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Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Berhaut, J. 1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
  2. Brenan, J. P. M. & P. J. Greenway. 1949. Check-lists of the forest trees and shrubs of the British empire, No. 5, Tanganyika territory, Part II.
  3. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  5. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  6. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  7. Pichon, M. 1953. Monographie des Landolphiées. Mém Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35:109.
  8. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  9. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishwhite rubbervine  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishwhite-ball-rubber  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia

Reference(s)
  1. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  2. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialslatex/rubber Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Materialslatex/rubber Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Medicinesfolklore Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21435. Accessed 12 May 2026.