''Holarrhena floribunda'', commonly known as the false rubber tree, conessi bark or kurchi bark, is a plant in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

Description

''Holarrhena floribunda'' grows as a shrub or tree up to tall, with a stem diameter of up to . Its fragrant flowers feature a white corolla. The fruit is pale grey to dark brown with paired follicles, each up to long.

Distribution and habitat

''Holarrhena floribunda'' is found in a variety of habitats from sea-level to altitude. The plant is native to a wide range of West and Central Africa from Senegal to Angola.

Uses

''Holarrhena floribunda'' is locally used in traditional medicine as a treatment for

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, fever, snakebite, infertility, venereal disease,

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and

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. The plant has been used as

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* floribunda Plants used in traditional African medicine Flora of Africa Plants described in 1834 {{Apocynaceae-stub