Apocynaceae
Poison devil's-pepper
Rauvolfia vomitoria
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Rauvolfia
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Common names
By language (5)
- azb
- قوسدوروجو راووولفی
- Azerbaijani
- Qusdurucu rauvolfiya, Rauwolfia vomitoria
- Chinese
- 催吐萝芙木, 催吐蘿芙木
- English
- Poison devil's-pepper
- Vietnamese
- Ba gạc Phú Hộ
Synonyms
- Hylacium owariense P.Beauv.
- Psychotria owariensis (P.Beauv.) Hiern
- Rauvolfia congolana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Rauvolfia pleiosiadica K.Schum.
- Rauvolfia senegambiae A.DC.
- Rauvolfia senegambiae DC.
- Rauvolfia stuhlmannii K.Schum.
- Uragoga owariensis (P.Beauv.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Adeyemi Ajani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Fabian Eni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dieter Albrecht, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Jacinta Enoh Apitikori OWUMI, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.