Rauvolfia afra(RAUCA)
Overview Code created in: 2019-06-27
- EPPO Code: RAUCA
- Preferred name: Rauvolfia afra
- Authority: Sonder
Nigeria to Sudan, to South Africa
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Rauvolfia caffra | Sonder |
| Rauvolfia oxyphylla | Stapf |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| quinine tree | English (ZA) |
| kinaboom | Afrikaans |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Gentianales (
1GENO )
Family
Apocynaceae (
1APOF )
Subfamily
Rauvolfioideae (
1RAUS )
Genus
Rauvolfia (
1RAUG )
Species
Rauvolfia afra (
RAUCA )