Rauvolfia caffra | Quinine-tree for sale | Kinaboom

The Quinine tree is frost sensitive and requires regular watering.  It is a beautiful, fast growing, evergreen tree.  Rauvolfia caffra has a dense canopy of large, bright-green leaves.  It is an excellent shade tree. Quinine tree exhibits a neat, upright growth form with a root system that is somewhat aggressive. The tree becomes quite large and is thus recommended for larger gardens.  Rauvolfia caffra is not suitable as a container tree

Value to honeybees: Nectar, N3?;  Pollen, P0;   Flowering months 1-12, (9-10).   (See  blog-post "The bee-value of South Africa's trees" for an explanation of codes)