Apocynaceae
Devil's-pepper
Rauvolfia sandwicensis
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Rauvolfia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Devil's-pepper
- Hawaiian
- Hao
Synonyms
- Aspidosperma tuberculatum (Vahl) Benoist ex Pichon
- Bleekeria sandwicensis (A.DC.) Koidz.
- Excavatia sandwicensis (DC.) Markgr.
- Macaglia tuberculata Vahl
- Ochrosia sandwicensis A.DC.
- Ochrosia tuberculata (Vahl) Pichon
- Rauvolfia degeneri Sherff
- Rauvolfia forbesii Sherff
- Rauvolfia helleri Sherff
- Rauvolfia mauiensis Sherff
- Rauvolfia molokaiensis Sherff
- Rauvolfia molokaiensis var. parvifolia O.Deg. & Sherff
- Rauvolfia parviflora K.Schum.
- Rauvolfia remotiflora O.Deg. & Sherff
- Rauvolfia sandwicensis var. subacuminata Sherff
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brynn Fricke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.