Rauvolfia viridis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

Milkbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Rauvolfia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 1.5-2.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Rauvolfia viridis leaf picture by Oleg Mediannikov (cc-by-sa)
Rauvolfia viridis leaf picture by richard gautier (cc-by-sa)
Rauvolfia viridis leaf picture by christiane Fazer (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Rauvolfia viridis flower picture by Formina Lara (cc-by-sa)
Rauvolfia viridis flower picture by richard gautier (cc-by-sa)
Rauvolfia viridis flower picture by christiane Fazer (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Rauvolfia viridis fruit picture by Oleg Mediannikov (cc-by-sa)
Rauvolfia viridis fruit picture by richard gautier (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Rauvolfia viridis world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Rauvolfia viridis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81670-1
WFO ID wfo-0000295207
COL ID 4RMGF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630535
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Synonyms

Psychotria trifolia Rauvolfia latifolia Rauvolfia mollissima Rauvolfia nitida Rauvolfia psychotrioides Rauvolfia lamarkii Rauvolfia viridis