Apocynaceae
Quinine tree
Rauvolfia afra
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Rauvolfia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Kinaboom
- English
- Quinine tree, R. afra
- Nyanja
- Mwimbi
Synonyms
- Rauvolfia afra var. natalensis Stapf ex Hiern
- Rauvolfia caffra Sond.
- Rauvolfia caffra subsp. natalensis Stapf ex Hiern
- Rauvolfia goetzei Stapf
- Rauvolfia gonioclada K.Schum. ex Stapf
- Rauvolfia inebrians K.Schum.
- Rauvolfia leucopoda K.Schum. ex De Wild. & T.Durand
- Rauvolfia macrophylla Stapf
- Rauvolfia mayombensis Pellegr.
- Rauvolfia natalensis Sond.
- Rauvolfia obliquinervis Stapf
- Rauvolfia ochrosioides K.Schum.
- Rauvolfia oxyphylla Stapf
- Rauvolfia tchibangensis Pellegr.
- Rauvolfia verticillata A.Chev.
- Rauvolfia welwitschii Stapf
Photos
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Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.