Rauwolfeia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Rauwolfeia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Rauwolfeia (named for Leonhart Rauwolf, a physician of Augsburg in the sixteenth century). Apocyna- ceae. Trees or shrubs, mostly glabrous, sparingly grown, suitable for the warmhouse and outdoor planting in the far southern parts of the United States. Leaves opposite or verticillate, those of a whorl often very unequal: infl. terminal or pseudo-axillary, peduncled, few- or many-fld., compound, umbeUiform or corymbose, rarely racemose; fls. small; sepals 5, almost free or united into a flat 5-toothed cup; corolla salver-shaped, lobes 5, twisted and overlapping to the left; disk annular or cup-shaped, entire or slightly lobed; carpels 2, free or more or less coherent: drupes 2, distinct or somewhat united.—About 60 species from the tropics of both hemispheres. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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