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Rauvolfia vomitoria
Poison devil's-pepper


Rauvolfia vomitoria

Família/Family: Apocynaceae

Grupo/Group: Dicotiledónea/Dicotyledon.

Forma de vida/Life form: Arbusto/Shrub

Duración de vida/Lifespan: Perenne/Perennial.

Sustrato/Substrate: Terrestre/Terrestrial.

Distribución nativa/Native range: Nativa del Viejo Mundo (África tropical). / Native to the Old World (tropical Africa).

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Notas/Notes: A voucher of a confirmed naturalized population in Puerto Rico is apparently needed.


ESTATUS EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO/STATUS ON THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO
Presencia/Occurence: Presente/Present.

Origen/Origin: No nativo, naturalizado/Not native, naturalized.

Historia y distribución/History and distribution: Cited by Liogier (1997 [V: 412]) and Liogier & Martorell (2000) as reported by Miguel Vives as naturalized, but excluded as only under cultivation by Axelrod (2011), the only collection being from the site of an abandoned nursery. However, cited as naturalized in Puerto Rico in the Flora of the West Indies (Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong 2015).

TAXONOMÍA/TAXONOMY
Nombre científico con autores/Scientific name with authors: Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel





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