Editing Landolphia calabarica

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! colspan="2" style="background: #e8e8e8;" | Landolphia calabarica
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! Scientific name
| ''Landolphia calabarica''
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! Genus
| [[Landolphia]]
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! Family
| [[Apocynaceae]]
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! Order
| [[Gentianales]]
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! Native range
| Wet tropical western Africa
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! Growth form
| Woody, tendril-climbing liane
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! Fruit
| Ripe fruit described as edible
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''Landolphia calabarica'' is a woody, tendril-climbing liane of wet tropical western Africa. [[Plants of the World Online|Kew's current taxonomic treatment]] accepts the name and records ''Carpodinus calabarica'' and ''Landolphia bracteata'' as synonyms.<sup id="cite_ref-1">[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup>

== Description ==

The plant is described as a climbing shrub or liane reaching about 7 m, with woody perennial stems that attach to other plants by tendrils.<sup id="cite_ref-2">[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> It occurs in forest areas across western tropical Africa, from Sierra Leone toward southern Nigeria; the wider native-country listing includes Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> Historical useful-plant documentation describes white sticky latex as without worth.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>

== Cultivation ==

=== Soil and water ===

The forest and wet-tropical setting supports a cautious cultivation inference: begin with a root zone that retains moisture during warm growth but drains freely, and do not treat the vine as a dryland plant. This is a habitat-based starting point rather than a species-tested irrigation recipe.<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>

=== Sun and humidity ===

A forest liane from the wet tropical biome is best approached with bright filtered light or gentle morning sun, good airflow, and consistently humid conditions. The light recommendation is an inference from its recorded forest habitat, so strong all-day exposure should be treated as a cultivation trial rather than a fixed species requirement.<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>

=== Seasonal changes ===

Keep the vine warm and evenly supplied with moisture during active growth, and avoid imposing a cool, dry rest copied from unrelated climbers. A fixed flowering or fruiting calendar should not be assumed for this species; adjust care to observed growth rather than a rigid schedule.<sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup>

== Propagation ==

Seed is the propagation method identified in the available horticultural account.<sup id="cite_ref-3">[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup> Germination conditions should be treated as a trial rather than a fixed recipe, because a species-specific germination procedure is not established by that account.

== Flowering, fruiting, and harvest ==

The ripe fruit is described as edible.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> The examined horticultural summary gives an upper size of about 10 cm wide and 12.5 cm long; those figures are a reported maximum, not a promise that every vine will produce fruit of that size.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup> No fixed flowering, pollination, or bearing schedule should be assigned without a species-specific growing record.

== Fruit and uses ==

The documented human use is the ripe fruit as food.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> Flavor, texture, seediness, storage life, and preparation methods should not be inferred from the fruit's size or reported edibility. The historical latex description is not a toxicology or food-safety assessment; ripe fruit use should not be treated as proof that other plant parts are safe.

== References ==

* <span id="cite_note-1"></span>[[#cite_ref-1|↑]] '''[1]''' [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/79584-1 Landolphia calabarica (Stapf) E.A.Bruce | Plants of the World Online].

* <span id="cite_note-2"></span>[[#cite_ref-2|↑]] '''[2]''' [https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.upwta.1_352 Landolphia calabarica (Stapf) E. A. Bruce | Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa entry on JSTOR].

* <span id="cite_note-3"></span>[[#cite_ref-3|↑]] '''[3]''' [https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Landolphia+calabarica Landolphia calabarica | Useful Tropical Plants].