Landolphia heudelotii is a climbing shrub or liana that is within the Apocynaceae family, it occurs in the Guinea and Sudan savannahs of West Africa and cultivated for its rubber and edible fruit.

The species grows up to 4-12 meters high, it has a beige to brownish colored bark with white exudate and lenticellate stems.

[1][2] The inflorescence is terminal somewhat tendril-like with fragrant flowers; fruit, ellipsoid or pear shaped berries, 2-4 cm in diameter, they are usually in clusters of 2-6 and are orange when ripe.

[1][2] Commonly occurs across the wooded Sudan and Guinea savannahs of West Africa, often found near rocky soils.

[1][2] Fruits obtained from the species showed the presence of the compounds, meta-cresol, linalool and the isomer farnesene.