''Alafia caudata'' is a plant in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

Description

''Alafia caudata'' grows as a climbing shrub or

liana A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word ''liana'' does not refer to a ta ...

. Its fragrant flowers feature a white or yellowish corolla. The fruit is grey with paired follicles, each up to long.

Distribution and habitat

''Alafia caudata'' is native to an area of tropical Africa from Cameroon to Mozambique. Its habitat is mixed forest.

References

caudata The Caudata are a group of amphibians containing the extant salamanders (Urodela) and all extinct species of amphibians more closely related to salamanders than to frogs. They are typically characterized by a superficially lizard-like appearance ...

Plants described in 1894 Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Flora of East Tropical Africa Flora of South Tropical Africa {{Apocynaceae-stub