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Couma utilis

Plants

Family: Apocynaceae · Genus: Couma

Couma utilis

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887) · public_domain

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Couma utilis, called the milk tree, sorvinha, sorveira, sorva, and sorva-pequena, is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Rauvolfioideae, native to the Orinoco and Amazon basins of South America. It is thought that C. utilis was on the verge of being domesticated by indigenous Amazonian peoples prior to the arrival of Europeans in the New World.

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Growing details and traits for Couma utilis in the Library.

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