Landolphia plants contain a milky latex which exudes when the young bark or unripe fruit are damaged. The fruit is recorded as being edible, yellow when ripe, and the size of a large orange.
Mann's Landolphia [English]: Landolphia mannii Mann's Lespedeza [English]: Lespedeza manniana Mann's Phyllostegia [English]: Phyllostegia mannii Manna [English]: Fraxinus ornus Manna Ash [English]: Fraxinus ornus ...
Landolphia; and fiber, e.g., Indian hemp, is retted from north temperate species of Apocynum, the dogbane genus (not to be confused with the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis). Some dogbanes are ornamentals, e.g.
Willughbeieae - 18/130: Landolphia (60). Synonymy: Willughbieaceae J. Agardn Synonymy (not checked): Carissaceae Bertolini, Cerberaceae Martynov, Ophioxylaceae Martius, Pacouriaceae Martynov, Plumeriaceae Horaninow ...
See also: Rubber
 
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