Apocynaceae

Mascarenhasia arborescens A.DC.

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Mascarenhasia

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Mascarenhasia arborescens: Mascarenhasia arborescens Apocynaceae Shrub or small tree up to 8 m. Native to Africa, Madagascar No common name, but I would call it 'rubber tree': The tree yi — Photo: Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Synonyms

Echites arborescens Bojer ex A.DC.
Holarrhena madagascariensis Baker
Lanugia latifolia N.E.Br.
Lanugia midrantha (Scott Elliot ex Baker) N.E.Br.
Lanugia variegata N.E.Br.
Mascarenhasia anceps B.Boivin ex Jum.
Mascarenhasia angustifolia A.DC.
Mascarenhasia angustifolia var. angustifolia
Mascarenhasia angustifolia var. keraudreniana Markgr.
Mascarenhasia arborea Boivin ex Dubard
Mascarenhasia arborescens f. albicorticis Boiteau
Mascarenhasia arborescens f. arborea (Boivin ex Dubard) Boiteau
Mascarenhasia arborescens f. lagunaria Boiteau
Mascarenhasia arborescens f. longifolia (Jum.) Jum. & H.Perrier
Mascarenhasia arborescens subsp. angustifolia (A.DC.) Boiteau
Mascarenhasia arborescens subsp. arborescens
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. anceps (B.Boivin ex Jum.) Lassia
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. angustifolia (A.DC.) Lassia
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. arborescens
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. boivinii (Dub.) Markgr.
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. comorensis Markgr.
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. coriacea (Dubard) Lassia
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. gracilis Markgr.
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. keraudreniana Markgr.
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. lanceolata Dubard
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. longifolia (Jum.) Lassia
Mascarenhasia arborescens var. micrantha (Baker) Boiteau
Mascarenhasia barabanja Dubard
Mascarenhasia boivinii Dubard
Mascarenhasia coriacea Dubard
Mascarenhasia elastica K.Schum.
Mascarenhasia fischeri K.Schum.
Mascarenhasia grandidieri Dubard
Mascarenhasia longifolia Jum.
Mascarenhasia micrantha Scott Elliot ex Baker
Mascarenhasia sessilifolia Scott-Elliot ex Dubard
Mascarenhasia variegata Britten & Rendle
Tsilaitra micrantha (Scott Elliot ex Baker) R.Baron

Photos

Photo: Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.