Rauvolfia media
Rauvolfia media
Safety & Hazards
All parts of the plant are very bitter and are considered very toxic[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The crushed roots or a decoction of the roots and bark, mixed with food, are used to poison dogs with rabies and also pest animals[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].
Botanical Description
Rauvolfia media is a shrub or a tree usually growing up to 10 metres tall, occasionally to 15 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. Although poisonous, the plant is occasionally harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It is also used as an adhesive. The bark and roots are the source of compounds for the the pharmaceutical industry. Between 1986 and 1995, about 16.5 tonnes per year were exported to Europe[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. Although not currently evaluated for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013), because of the rapid destruction of the forests in which it occurs and harvesting for local use and export, the plant may become rare and locally threatened.