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.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Bart Wursten, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/14/145100-2.jpg
- (c) Rob Burrett, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/14/145100-3.jpg
- (c) Günter Baumann, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=34&id=2708
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauvolfia_caffra
- Adaptado por Patrick Furtado del trabajo de (c) Desconocido, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/23284547
Más información
- NaturaLista página del taxón
- 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
