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Rauvolfia verticillata - Branch with fruits - Click to enlarge!

Branch with fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Rauvolfia verticillata - Upper surface of leaves - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaves; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Rauvolfia verticillata - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Dataset

Identifier: 1535
Date of entry: 22.01.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2558)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2456)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2078)

      Order: Gentianales (109)

        Family: Apocynaceae (36) (family description)

          Genus: Rauvolfia (2)

           Epithet: verticillata (Loureiro) Baillon (5)

verticillata => whorled, three or more leaves springing from the same point

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Rauvolfia verticillata at World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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