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Alafia
Alafia is a genus of lianas or climbing shrubs found in tropical Africa and Madagascar. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 26 species:
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Alafia thouarsii
speciesAlafia thouarsii

Alafia perrieri
speciesAlafia perrieri

Alafia caudata
speciesAlafia caudata

Alafia microstylis
speciesAlafia microstylis

Alafia zambesiaca
speciesAlafia zambesiaca

Alafia benthamii
speciesAlafia benthamii

Alafia lucida
speciesAlafia lucida
Alafia whytei
speciesAlafia whytei
Alafia landolphioides
speciesAlafia landolphioides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Alafia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 418199.