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Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.

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Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.
Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.
Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymRauvolfia canescens L.
synonymRauvolfia canescens var. glabra Müll.Arg.
synonymRauvolfia canescens var. intermedia Markgr.
synonymRauvolfia canescens var. tomentosa Müll.Arg.
synonymRauvolfia canescens var. typica Markgr.
synonymRauvolfia heterophylla var. puberula A.Gray
synonymRauvolfia heterophylla Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
synonymRauvolfia hirsuta Jacq.
synonymRauvolfia hirsuta var. glabra (Müll.Arg.) Woodson
synonymRauvolfia latifolia var. minor Müll.Arg.
synonymRauvolfia nitida Sessé & Moc.
synonymRauvolfia odontophora Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
synonymRauvolfia subpubescens L.
synonymRauvolfia tomentosa Jacq.
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • গন্ধনকুলী Gandhanakuli
  • বড চন্দ্রিকা Bar Chandrika
English
  • Garden Rauvolfia
Hindi
  • बडा चन्द्रिका Barachandrika
Kannada
  • ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಮ್ದ್ರಿಕೆ Dodda Chandrike
Malayalam
  • Pambumkolli
Oriya
  • Patalagarudi
Other
  • American Serpentwood
  • Be Still Tree
  • Devil Root
  • Four-leaved Devil-pepper
  • Milkbush
  • Navakonji
  • Pambumkolli
  • Pampukalaa chedi
  • Sivanamalpodi
  • Wild Snake Root
Telugu
  • Papataku
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub Distribution notes: Exotic
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: shrub
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      A small, much-branched woody shrub, 0.6-1.2 m high. Leaves whorled, ovate-elliptic. Flowers greenish-white or creamy-white in umbellate cymes. Fruits (drupes) ovoid, deep red or purple when ripe; seeds oblong, rugose.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Plains, Cultivated and Naturalized
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Cosmopolitian
            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Forest plantations also in the plains
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Description
                Global Distribution

                India: Assam, Bihar

                Local Distribution

                Throughout Assam

                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Kerala: Alapuzha, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: All districts
                  G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Global Distribution

                    Introduced from West Indies; now naturalised in Western Peninsular India

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Occurrence
                      No Data
                      📚 Uses and Management
                      Uses

                      System of Medicines Used In

                      Folk medicine
                      Folk medicine
                      System Of Medicines Used In

                      Folk medicine

                      FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4154
                      Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4154
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Medicinal
                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4154
                          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                          1. Rauvolfia tetraphylla L., Sp. Pl. 208. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 165. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 230. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 279. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 422. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 293. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 282. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 417. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 429. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 523. 2009.
                          2. Rauvolfia canescens L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 303. 1762; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 808(568). 1923.
                          Information Listing > References
                          1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4154
                          2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                          3. Rauvolfia tetraphylla L., Sp. Pl. 208. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 165. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 230. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 279. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 422. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 293. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 282. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 417. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 429. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 523. 2009.
                          4. Rauvolfia canescens L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 303. 1762; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 808(568). 1923.

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                          📚 Meta data
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                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomPlantae
                          PhylumTracheophyta
                          ClassMagnoliopsida
                          OrderGentianales
                          FamilyApocynaceae
                          GenusRauvolfia
                          SpeciesRauvolfia tetraphylla L.
                          📊 Temporal Distribution
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