short name | L. owariensis |
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taxon name | Landolphia owariensis |
taxon rank | species |
parent taxon | Landolphia |
taxon common name | white rubber vine |
product, material, or service produced or provided | natural rubber |
GRIN URL | https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=21435 |
Landolphia owariensis (wɔfrɛ no Ɛta wɔ Ghana) yɛ liana a efi Apocynaceae abusua mu a wohu wɔ Afrika mmeae a osu tɔ na owia bɔ kɛse[1][2]. Wɔtaa frɛ no Afrika rɔba bobe, ɛyɛ afifide bi a ɛwɔ Afrika Atɔe fam, a Ghana ka ho.
Saa afifide yi ka Apocynaceae abusua no ho na wonim no yiye sɛ ɛyɛ latex, a abakɔsɛm mu no na ɛyɛ abɔde mu rɔba fibea a ɛho hia[1]. Landolphia owariensis yɛ hama a ɛyɛ den a ɛforo kɔ soro na ɛtumi nyin yɛ tenten bɛyɛ mita 30. Nnuaba no yɛ akɛse, wotumi di, na aba pii a wɔde ahyɛ gelatinous pulp mu wom.
Wɔboaboa nnuaba no ano ma nnipa di, na wodi no amono anaasɛ wɔayam no ma ɛyɛ nsa[3]. Nna ɛyɛ ade titiriw a wonya rɔba fi mu wɔ aman ahorow te sɛ Sierra Leone, Ghana, ne Nigeria so wɔ 1900 mfe no mfiase mu hɔ[4].