Alafia orientalis is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. Alafia orientalis. Scientific classification · Edit this classification. Kingdom: Plantae.
Alafia orientalis
Plant
Alafia orientalis is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. Wikipedia
Large liane. Bark grey, smooth, with lenticels; milky sap present. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, 4.5-8 cm long, dark green above, paler below, leathery, the ...
Flowers in very dense, many-flowered terminal and lateral inflorescences; corolla white, often reddish on the outside. Fruit in paired slender follicles, 25 - ...
Inflorescence terminal, 2–6 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, many-flowered, dense, glabrous to puberulous; peduncle 2–7 mm long; pedicels 1–5 mm long. Flowers ...
The native range of this species is Tanzania (Usambara Mountains), S. Tropical Africa. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical ...
Alafia orientalis grows as a liana. Its flowers feature a white corolla, sometimes reddish on the outside. The fruit is grey with paired follicles, each up to ...
Classification ; kingdom; Plantae ; phylum; Tracheophyta ; class; Magnoliopsida ; order; Gentianales ; family; Apocynaceae ...
Large liane. Young stems glabrous, bark of older twigs smooth, grey, with dot-like lenticels. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, characteristically puckered along ...
Alafia orientalis K. Schum. ex de Wild. Family: Apocynaceae. Alafia orientalis image · Resources. Internal Resources. 5 occurrences · Taxonomic Tree.
Feb 14, 2023 · The map shows the records in our database. The aim is to show the natural distribution of the species, so records where the plants are known, or ...