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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS125 : Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Gentianales
Family : Apocynaceae - Dogbane family
Genus : Rauvolfia L. - devil's-pepper
Species : Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. - be still tree
Plant Location in Melghat : Planted. Naturalized as escape in Kolkaz area.  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : APOCYNACEAE  
 
Plant Common Name : Wild Snake Root, Devil Pepper, Be Still Tree, American serpentwood, be still tree, devil root, milkbush • Hindi: barachandrika, Chandrabhaga • Tamil: Pampukaalaachchedi • Malayalam: Pampumkolli, Kattamalpori • Telugu: papataku • Kannada: dodda chandrike • Bengali: bar chandrika, gandhanakuli • Oriya: patalagarudi • Sanskrit: Vanasarpagandha, Sarpanasini
 
Synonym : Rauvolfia canescens L.
Rauvolfia canescens var. glabra Müll.Arg.
Rauvolfia canescens var. intermedia Markgr.
Rauvolfia canescens var. tomentosa Müll.Arg.
Rauvolfia canescens var. typica Markgr.
Rauvolfia heterophylla Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
Rauvolfia heterophylla var. puberula A.Gray
Rauvolfia hirsuta Jacq.
Rauvolfia hirsuta var. glabra (Müll.Arg.) Woodson
Rauvolfia latifolia var. minor Müll.Arg.
Rauvolfia nitida Sessé & Moc.
Rauvolfia odontophora Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
Rauvolfia subpubescens L.
Rauvolfia tomentosa Jacq.
Description : 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.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The latex in the plant is said to be cathartic, diuretic, emetic and expectorant. It is used for treating dropsy and various other diseases. It is applied to granulated eyelids. The plant is commonly used in the treatment of malaria in Guatemala, where it is also one of the reputed remedies for snake bites.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Chalcupine A
Chalcupine B
reserpine
deserpidine
Ajmalicine
Aricine
Yohimbine
Rauwolscine
RAUNESCINE
Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :