Rauvolfia mannii

Rauvolfia mannii grows as a shrub or small tree up to 8 metres (26 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature white to pink or red-brown, or yellow corolla lobes. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) altitude. The plant has been used as arrow poison.[3] Rauvolfia mannii is native to central Africa.[1]

Rauvolfia mannii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Rauvolfia
Species:
R. mannii
Binomial name
Rauvolfia mannii
Synonyms[2]
  • Rauvolfia cardiocarpa K.Schum
  • Rauvolfia cumminsii Stapf
  • Rauvolfia liberiensis Stapf
  • Rauvolfia longiacuminata De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Rauvolfia obscura K.Schum
  • Rauvolfia preussii K.Schum
  • Rauvolfia rosea K.Schum

References
  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Rauvolfia mannii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T144310524A149042346. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. "Rauvolfia mannii". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. Medicinal Plants. PROTA. 2008. p. 484. ISBN 978-9-05782-204-9.


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