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Rauvolfia caffra Sond.

Quinine Tree

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Quinine Tree
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Benin; Nigeria; Togo; Central African Republic; Chad; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; São Tomé

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Rauvolfia
Species caffra
Author citation Sond.
Scientific name Rauvolfia caffra Sond.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Quinine Tree

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson