Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rauvolfia ligustrina Roem. & Schult. [Apocynaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arrebenta bucho	Other	Pl. Med. da Caatinga e Paraiba, Brasil (Cordeiro & Félix, 2014)
arrebenta-boi	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
rauvolfia ligustrina whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	milky fruit liquid	Pl. Med. da Caatinga e Paraiba, Brasil (Cordeiro & Félix, 2014)
entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rauvolfia blanchetii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 340 (1844).
Rauvolfia alphonsiana Müll.Arg. Linnaea 30: 394 (1860).
Rauvolfia divergens Markgr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 119 (1924).
Rauvolfia indecora Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24: 12 (1937).
Rauvolfia mollis S.Moore Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 393 (1895).
Rauvolfia parvifolia Bertero ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 834 (1824).
Rauvolfia parvifolia var. cubana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 340 (1844).
Rauvolfia parvifolia var. tomentella Müll.Arg. Linnaea 30: 394 (1860).
Rauvolfia ternifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 232 (1819).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rauvolfia ligustrina	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Rauvolfia ligustrina Roem. & Schult.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rauvolfia ligustrina Willd.	Pl. Med. da Caatinga e Paraiba, Brasil (Cordeiro & Félix, 2014)
Rauvolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rauwolfia blanchetii DC.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Rauwolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Rauwolfia ligustrina Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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