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Holarrhena floribunda
Also called Conessi Bark, False Rubbertree, Kurchibark
A shrub or small tree from West and Central Africa, grown mainly for its fragrant white flowers and bark used in traditional medicine. It suits warm, seasonally dry tropical climates and is rarely grown as a houseplant.
Holarrhena floribunda, commonly known as the false rubber tree, conessi bark or kurchi bark, is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.
Holarrhena floribunda is found in a variety of habitats from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) altitude. The plant is native to a wide range of West and Central Africa from Senegal to Angola.
Holarrhena floribunda is locally used in traditional medicine as a treatment for dysentery, diarrhoea, fever, snakebite, infertility, venereal disease, diabetes and malaria. The plant has been used as arrow poison.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
