| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Rauvolfia | raau-FO-feeah | The genus Rauvolfia was named in honor of Leonhard Rauwolf (also spelled Rauwolff) (Augsburg, June 21 in either 1535 or 1540 – September 15, 1596, Waitzen, Hungary) was a German physician, botanist an |
| badachschanicum | ba-DA-sha-NI-kum | badachschanicum is a Species reffers to Badakhshan( province of Afghanistan) |
| siamica | SI-am-ee-ca | The species siamica refers to Siam , Sayam (Thailand) |
| longipetiolata | lon-gi-PET-eeo-la-ta | longipetiolata refers to long-Petiole(long stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem) species |
| Boscia | bo-SEE-ah | The genus name Boscia honours a French botanist ,invertebrate zoologist, and entomologist. Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (January 29, 1759 – July 10, 1828) |
| albitrunca | al-be-trun-KAH | The species name is a combination of (albi) meaning white and (trunca) meaning trunk, and refers to the whitish trunk of the species. |
| quanzensis | kwan-ZEN-sis | Refers to the Cuanza River in Angola, where the tree was first found. |
| Acmadenia | ak-ma-den-EE-ah | The genus name Acmadenia is derived from the Greek akme´,meaning highest point and aden,meaning glands on the anthers. This refers to the conical gland at the apex of the anther, found in some specie |
| Laosensis | LAY-oh-sen-sis | The spesies Laosensis reffer to Laos |
