Tabernanthe iboga Baill.

Iboga (en), Iboga (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Tabernanthe

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 2-10 m tall. It has fleshy roots. The leaves are narrow and dark green. The flowers are pale yellow or pink. They are tube shaped. The fruit are yellow to orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Forest understorey, sometimes in riverine or swamp forest or relatively wet savannah, at elevations from sea-level to 1,500 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rainforest.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses food medicinal social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use Apertif (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), CNS stimulant (unspecified), Convalescence (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Fatality (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Neurasthenia (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Flu (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Tabernanthe iboga unspecified picture

Distribution

Tabernanthe iboga world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea

Conservation status

Tabernanthe iboga threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56090-1
WFO ID wfo-0000320183
COL ID 7BD48
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Iboga vateriana Tabernanthe albiflora Tabernanthe tenuiflora Tabernanthe iboga Tabernanthe bocca Tabernanthe mannii Tabernanthe pubescens Tabernanthe subsessilis