Native to Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda; introduced into Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

December 10, 2003

Location

Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)

5.8512, -0.17296

Location Remarks

Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Rauvolfia

Specific Epithet

vomitoria

Authorship

Afzel.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#301,543 of 335,497

Top 90%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →