''Rauvolfia caffra'' is a tree 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 ...

. It is commonly known as the quinine tree. These trees are distributed from the Eastern Cape of

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tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the trop ...

and are found in low-lying forests near rivers and streams, or on

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Gallery

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References

* Pooley, E. (1993). ''The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei''. . caffra Quinine Plants described in 1850 Flora of Africa Taxa named by Otto Wilhelm Sonder {{Apocynaceae-stub