6619.000 Rauvolfia L.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees with milky latex. Stipules 0. Leaves in whorls of 3-6. Inflorescences of terminal, sometimes apparently lateral, umbellate or corymbose, cymes. Calyx lobes connate at base only. Corolla salver-shaped (in ours); tube cylindric; lobes overlapping to the left. Stamens inserted above middle of corolla tube. Ovary composed of 2, free or partly to completely fused, carpels. Fruit either with only 1 carpel developing and then subspherical or with 2 carpels developing and then 2-lobed.

Worldwide: c. 60 species in the tropics

Mozambique: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
caffra Sond.	N,Z,T,MS,M	Description, Image
mombasiana Stapf	N,Z,MS,GI	Description, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Rauvolfia

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