''Alafia orientalis'' 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 orientalis'' grows as a

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 flowers feature a white corolla, sometimes reddish on the outside. The fruit is grey with paired follicles, each up to long.

Distribution and habitat

''Alafia orientalis'' is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its habitat is dense forest.

References

orientalis Plants described in 1903 Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Uganda Flora of Tanzania Flora of Mozambique Flora of Zimbabwe Taxa named by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman {{Apocynaceae-stub