Alafia landolphioides

Alafia landolphioides grows as a liana up to 20 m long, with a stem diameter of up to 2.5 cm. Its fragrant flowers feature a white corolla, dark red at the throat. The fruit is dark brown with paired cylindrical follicles, each up to 45 cm in diameter.

Its habitat is forest and savanna, from sea-level to 1000 m altitude. Local medicinal uses include as a treatment for rheumatism. The plant has been used as arrow poison. Alafia landolphioides grows natively in countries from Senegal in the west through West Africa to the Democratic Republic of Congo.