Rauvolfia
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Apocynaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Genus Description - Shrubs or trees; aerial parts producing abundant milky latex. Leaves whorled (or opposite), bearing glands at axil and lower part of petiole; stipules interpetiolar and deciduous. Flowers produced in simple or compound, terminal dichasial cymes; bracts minute, deltoid; calyx with 5 deeply parted sepals, without glands; corolla salverform, the tube cylindrical; stamens inserted near middle of tube, the anthers free, not projecting beyond the tube; ovary of 2 separate or fused carpels, with an annular nectary disk at base. Fruit fleshy, of 2 fused or free drupes; seeds 1 per drupe.
Distribution and Ecology - A genus with pantropical distribution, with about 110 species.