Resembling a mango tree, the Rauvolfia caffra has a leafy-spreading crown peaking up to 35 metres in the air. In English, it goes by the name “quinine tree,” referring to the bitter and supposedly quinine-like properties of the bark. Well-known for its medicinal properties, specifically when treating hypertension, the pale, light wood is also quite useful for woodworking and curios.

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The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 11:6-9