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Rauvolfia

Plum. ex L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Rauvolfia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, glabrous trees or shrubs with milky sap and pale–colored bark.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Leaves in whorls of 3–5 per node. Petiolate, sometimes with petiolar glands. Stipules (small and deciduous) together with persistent glands in the leaf axils.

Flowers: Flowers in terminal or lateral compound cymes. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, the lobes imbricate. Corolla usually white, salverform to campanulate. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla tube opposite the lobes. Ovary superior, 2, distinct to variously connate; ovules 1–2 per ovary; style filiform.

Fruit: Fruit of 2 distinct to variously connate drupes; rarely only 1 developing. Seeds 1 per ovary.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in tropical regions.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 208 (1753)

Occurrences

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