Rauvolfia javanica
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Description
Tree 3-15 m high.
Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4;
Inflorescence 3-11.5 cm long, in whorls of 3 or 4, usually on the top of a short and robust (leafy) twig, 24-more than 35-flowered;
Sepals ovate or subtriangular, 1.6-1.9 by 1.6-1.8 mm, 0.9-1.2 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to rounded, glabrous.
Stamens inserted at 1.6-3 mm from the base, 0.6-0.9 of the length of the corolla tube;
Fruit black or purplish black when mature, obversely trapezoid, 7-11 by 8.5-15 mm, 0.7-1 times as long as wide;
Seeds 5-8.5 by 1.8-2.7 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Malesia: Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands.
Citation
Hendrian & D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Blumea: 453
Boerl. 1899 – In: Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 393
Koord. 1894 – In: Meded. Lands Plantentuin: 81
Markgr. 1984 – In: Blumea: 164
Rendle 1925 – In: J. Bot.: 67
Koord. 1912 – In: Exkurs.-Fl. Java: 74
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 231
Whitmore et al. 1989: Checklist Bali, Nusa Tenggara Timor: 14
Whitmore & Tantra 1986: Checklist Sumatra: 20
Koord. & Valeton 1999 – In: PROSEA: 429
Koord. & Valeton 1918 – In: Fl. Tjibodas: 57
Koord.-Schum. 1912 – In: Syst. Verz.: 174
K. Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Ind.,, ed. 2: 1285