Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rauvolfia vomitoria Wennberg [Apocynaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african rauwolfi a	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
african rauwolfia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
african serpent wood	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
african serpent-wood	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
african serpentwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
african snakeroot	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
akakapenpen	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
akanta	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
akapenpen	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
akta	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
american snakeroot#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
apoto	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
apototso	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
asofeiyeje	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
asofeyeje	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
baka egbe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
baka embene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
bakapembene; blonyatsho	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
berenquete	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
blonyatsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
brech-teufelspfeffer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cui tu luo fu mu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
dodemak powoe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
dodemakpowoe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
ekpiri	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ira-igbo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kakapenpen	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kilungu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kräkbuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
lètiwé	Other	Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
msesewe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ngbe ngbe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nsusua-dua	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
penpen	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
poison devil's pepper	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
poison devil-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
rauvolfia vomitoria whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
rauwolfia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
swizzle stick	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
swizzle-stick tree	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
swizzle-stick-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
swizzlestick	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
the swizle stick	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
uto enyin	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
wada	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
zumbu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
root		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
leafy stem, root		Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
bark, root	dry bark, dry root	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
root, stem, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root	sliced dried roots and rhizomes	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
root, leaf, bark, branch		African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rauvolfia congolana De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt.-Rend. 38: 204 (1899).
Rauvolfia pleiosiadica K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 318 (1895).
Rauvolfia senegambiae A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 340 (1844).
Rauvolfia stuhlmannii K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 318 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rauvolfia vomitoria	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel.	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rauvolfia vomitoria Wennberg	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rauwolfia vomitoria	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rauwolfia vomitoria Afzel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rauwolfia vomitoria Afzel.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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