Mantamba Fruit Plant (Landolphia owariensis) Plant Type:Seedling plant Grows throughout Borneo

Grows throughout Borneo

Possess important carminative and astringent properties

unbranched for up to half the height of the tree

Botanical Name: Baccaurea lanceolata

Mantamba Fruit Plant (Landolphia owariensis) Plant Type:Seedling plant Grows throughout BorneoLandolphia owariensis Common Names: Mantamba, White rubber vine, Burkill Botanical Name: Landolphia owariensis General Information: Type: Liana (woody vine) Family: Apocynaceae Native To: Tropical Africa (W Cameroons, extending across central Africa to Sudan, Uganda, and southern Tanganyika) Latex extraction for natural rubber manufacture Also known as eta, the white rubber vine, and the Congo rubber plant Can be an erect bush or small tree in the