Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill. [Apocynaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
luo fu mu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
luofumu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)
paarisirunilapatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagal buti	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pokok batu pelir kambing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rauvolfia verticillata whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
salung-salung	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sarpagandha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
sepuleh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sirumarapatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wal ekaveriya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wild sarpagandha	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
වල් ඒකාවේරිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
萝芙木	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
萝芙木茎叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
风湿木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
stem, root		Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 41 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dissolena verticillata Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 137 (1790).
Hunteria sundana Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 409 (1857).
Rauvolfia chinensis (Hance) Hemsl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 95 (1889).
Rauvolfia densiflora (Wall.) Benth. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 633 (1882).
Rauvolfia latifrons Tsiang Sci. Rep. Kwangtung Coll. For. 1: 13 (1962).
Rauvolfia perakensis King & Gamble J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 74: 424 (1908).
Rauvolfia yunnanensis Tsiang Sci. Rep. Kwangtung Coll. For. 1: 11 (1962).
Tabernaemontana wallichiana Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 658 (1841), not validly publ.
Cerbera chinensis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 642 (1824).
Ervatamia ophiorhizoides (Kurz) Lace List Trees Shrubs Cl. Burma: 91 (1913).
Ervatamia ventii Lý Feddes Repert. 96: 30 (1985).
Hunteria sundana var. minor Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 409 (1857).
Ophioxylon belgaumense Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4(2): 2 (1848).
Ophioxylon chinense Hance J. Bot. 3: 380 (1865).
Ophioxylon densiflorum (Wall.) Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 191 (1860).
Ophioxylon macrocarpum Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4(2): 1 (1848).
Ophioxylon majus Hassk. Flora 28: 295 (1854).
Ophioxylon neilgheerense Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1292 (1848).
Ophioxylon zeylanicum Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1291 (1848).
Rauvolfia altodiscifera R.H.Miao Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 32(4): 66 (1993).
Rauvolfia brevistyla Tsiang Sci. Rep. Kwangtung Coll. For. 1: 9 (1962).
Rauvolfia densiflora var. macrophylla Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 633 (1882).
Rauvolfia loheri Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 27: 50 (1925).
Rauvolfia major (Hassk.) G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 279 (1886).
Rauvolfia membranacea Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 449 (1919).
Rauvolfia obversa Koord. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 60: 243 (1900), nom. illeg.
Rauvolfia ophiorrhizoides (Kurz) Kerr in W.G.Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 429 (1939).
Rauvolfia peguana Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 632 (1882).
Rauvolfia serpentina var. gracilis Stapf Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 207 (1894).
Rauvolfia superaxillaris P.T.Li & S.Z.Huang Guihaia 5: 79 (1985).
Rauvolfia taiwanensis Tsiang Sci. Rep. Kwangtung Coll. For. 1: 12 (1962).
Rauvolfia verticillata var. hainanensis Tsiang Sci. Rep. Kwangtung Coll. For. 1: 16 (1962).
Rauvolfia verticillata var. macrophylla (Hook.f.) Karthik. & Moorthy Fl. Pl. India: 137 (2009).
Rauvolfia verticillata var. oblanceolata Tsiang Sci. Rep. Kwangtung Coll. For. 1: 15 (1962).
Rauvolfia verticillata var. officinalis Tsiang Sci. Rep. Kwangtung Coll. For. 1: 16 (1962).
Tabernaemontana cylindrica Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 658 (1841), not validly publ.
Tabernaemontana densiflora Wall. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1273 (1829).
Tabernaemontana microcarpa Wall. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1273 (1829).
Tabernaemontana ophiorrhizoides Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 89 (1873).
Tabernaemontana parviflora B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4453 A (1831), nom. nud.
Tabernaemontana subcapitata Hook.f. & Thomson in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 3: 633 (1882).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dissolaena verticillata Lour.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hunteria sundanna	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rauvolfia chinensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rauvolfia densiflora (Wall.) Benth. ex Hook.f.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Rauvolfia densifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Rauvolfia latifrons Tsiang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rauvolfia perakensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rauvolfia perakensis KING&GAMBLE	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baillon	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)
Rauvolfia verticillata (Loureiro) Baillon	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rauvolfia verticillata Baill.	Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)
Rauvolfia yunnanensis Tsiang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rauwolfia densiflora Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rauwolfia perakensis King & Gamble	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rauwolfia perakensis King & Gamble.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rauwolfia perakensis King and Gamble.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rauwolfia verticillata (Loureiro) Baillon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tabernaemontana wallichiana Steud.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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