Rauvolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Rauvolfia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Scorpion (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Rauvolfia ligustrina habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Rauvolfia ligustrina habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Rauvolfia ligustrina leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Rauvolfia ligustrina leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Rauvolfia ligustrina leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Rauvolfia ligustrina fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Rauvolfia ligustrina fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Rauvolfia ligustrina fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Rauvolfia ligustrina world distribution map, present in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, El Salvador, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Rauvolfia ligustrina threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81565-1
WFO ID wfo-0000295070
COL ID 4RMCP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rauvolfia alphonsiana Rauvolfia divergens Rauvolfia mollis Rauvolfia ternifolia Rauvolfia parvifolia var. cubana Rauvolfia parvifolia var. tomentella Rauvolfia indecora Rauvolfia parvifolia Rauvolfia blanchetii Rauvolfia ligustrina