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Rauvolfia mannii is a shrub or small tree from African forests, reaching up to about 8 m, grown mainly as a tropical garden specimen rather than a common houseplant. It needs warm, humid, shaded to part-shaded conditions with consistent moisture.
Rauvolfia mannii is a plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Africa.
Rauvolfia mannii is native to central Africa. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) altitude.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rauvolfia mannii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
