Rauvolfia caffra
quinine tree
Summary 4
Rauvolfia caffra is a tree in the Apocynaceae family. It is commonly known as the Quinine Tree. These trees are distributed from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to Tropical Africa and are found in low lying forests near rivers and streams and on floodplains.
Botanical description 5
Bole: Crooked/straight. Small/large. To 40 m. Bark: Grey/brown. Corky. Lenticellate/smooth/rough. Slash: Pale brown. Granular. White latex. Leaf: Simple. Whorled. Petiole: 0 - 6 cm. Channelled. Lamina: Medium/large. 2 - 50 × 2 - 15 cm. Elliptic/oblong. Cuneate. Acute. Entire. Glabrous. Domatia: Absent. Glands: Absent. Stipules: Absent. Thorns & Spines: Absent. Flower: White/pale green/pale yellow. Terminal many flowered cyme. Hermaphrodite. Fruit: Dark red. Lenticellate. One-two lobed. Globose 1 cm in diameter.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/14/145100-2.jpg
- (c) Rob Burrett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/14/145100-3.jpg
- (c) Günter Baumann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=34&id=2708
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauvolfia_caffra
- Adapted by Patrick Furtado from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/23284547
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
