Rauvolfia amsoniifolia
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Description
Shrub or tree 1.5-7(-20) m high.
Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4;
Inflorescence 3-9.5 cm long, in whorls of 2-4(-6), congested, 32-more than 35-flowered;
Sepals broadly ovate, 1.1-1.3 by 0.9-1.4 mm, 0.9-1.3 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to rounded.
Stamens inserted at 1.9-2.1 mm from base, c. 0.9 of the length of the corolla tube;
Fruit bluish black when mature, syncarpous or partly so, broadly ovoid, subglobose or trapezoid, often cleft at the apex, 7-9.2 by 7-10.2 mm, 0.8-1.1 times as long as wide, connate for 0.6-0.9 of fruit length when cleft, distance between apices 2-7.5 mm, apices acute, base thickened, sometimes only 1 carpel developing, glabrous.
Seeds 3-5.5 by 2-2.7 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), eastern Lesser Sunda Islands present
Malesia: Philippines, Sulawesi,eastern Lesser Sunda Islands and Moluccas.
Uses
It is used for the treatment of stomach problems, as a laxative and febrifuge and in childbirth.
Citation
Markgr. 1926 – In: Nova Guinea: 283
Whitmore et al. 1989: Checklist Bali, Nusa Tenggara Timor: 13
K. Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Ind.,, ed. 2: 1285
Hemsl. 1885 – In: Bot. Chall. Exp.: 163
Markgr. 1927 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 188
Merr. 1903 – In: For. Bur. Bull.: 49
Quisumb. 1951: Med. Pl. Philipp.: 736
A.DC. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl.: 329
Hendrian & D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Blumea: 451
Boerl. 1899 – In: Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 393
Markgr. 1984 – In: Blumea: 162
A.DC. 1999 – In: PROSEA: 429
Whitmore & Tantra 1989: Checklist Sulawesi: 15
Warb. 1891 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 404