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Four-leaf Devil-pepper Care

Rauvolfia Tetraphylla

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What is the plant

Rauvolfia tetraphylla is usually a much-branched shrub growing up to 1 metre tall, but sometimes becoming a small tree up to 4 metres tall. The plant contains a copious white latex.The plant is often gathered from the wild for local medicinal use and as the source of a dyestuff and ink. It has been introduced into India, China and Vietnam where it has been experimentally cultivated as a substitute for R. Serpentaria in medicinal use. It is grown as a commercial source of the alkaloid reserpine, used in allopathic medicine

humidity

humidity

High

lighting

lighting

Part sun and part shade

difficulty

difficulty

Medium

hibernation

hibernation

Cold Period

How to Care for the Plant

  • Water

    Water

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    Medium

  • Sunlight

    Sunlight

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    Succeeds in full sun to partial shade

  • Soil

    Soil

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    preferring a rich, well-drained soil

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