Apocynaceae FAMILY

Rauvolfia pentaphylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Although we have seen no specific information for this species, most if not all members of this genus contain poisonous alkaloids^[PFAF].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree

Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Rauvolfia+pentaphylla>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Flora of Peru — Macbride. J.F. · Field Museum of Natural History · 1936 ↩︎An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.
[2]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 43 — Missouri Botanical Garden · 1956 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical publication, it includes a treatment of the genus Rauvolfia. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
[PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎