Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [Apocynaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acawerya	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
adakayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ahibhuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahilata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahimardani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aika-wairey	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ajmaline	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
akar tikus	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
akar-tikos	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
amael podi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amalpori	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
amelpodee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
amelpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arbre aux serpents	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
arsol	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
asarol saida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asrol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
aulpurigida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba gạc ấn độ	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
bhadra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhudra	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
bhujangakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boboro	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
bomma-yaza	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bommayazar	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bon-ma-ya-zar	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
bongmaiza	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
candrabhaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candramarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candrike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candrikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
cantiracurai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carpakanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carpakanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carppakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carppakkantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaandar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chandamaruwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chandmaruwa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chandra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chandra-bhaga amelpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandrabhaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandraka	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chandramāraḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chandrasura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandrika	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chandrike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charmahantri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhotaa chaand	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chhotachand	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
chivan amelpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chivan avelpori	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chivan melpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chivan-sarpagandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chivanamelpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
chota cand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chota chand	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chota-chand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chotachand	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chotachard	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chundrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chundrooshoora	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
churmuhuntree	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chuvammavilpum	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
chuvannavilpuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuvannayilpuri	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chyarangro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
civan mel poti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civanapivalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
covanamilpori	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
covannamiloori	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
covannamilpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
covannamilpori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
covannamipori	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cuttiranapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuttiranavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvanamilpoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvanna amalpori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvannavilpuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devilpepper	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dhaldhaliya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhan-barua	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
dhanbarua	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
dhannerna	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
dhavalavitapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhavalbaruaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhol borwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dogrikme	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
dumparaasna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dumparasna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eiya-kunda	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ekaveriya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
ekaweriya	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
extractum rauwolfiae liquidum	Pharmaceutical	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
extractum rauwolfiae siccum	Pharmaceutical	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
gandhanakuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garuda paathaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garudapatala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garudapathala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garudpathal	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
haavukannina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hadaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hadiki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hadki	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
harkai	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
harkaichanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harkal	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
harkaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
harki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hóng guǒ mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ichneumon plant	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
indian snake	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian snakeroot	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
indo-jyaboku	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
indo-zyaboku	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
indojaboku	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ishwari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
java devil pepper	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
java devil-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
java-teufelspfeffer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kaatuchenkuringipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karai	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
karavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
karuvee	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kha gnom phoo	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
kha yom phou	Other	Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
luó fú mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
luó fú téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mahaahigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahasugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makeshwar chadrika	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
makeshwarchurna	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
matavi-aloos	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mukta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mungusavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
na gu la	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagasugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakuladhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakuleshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakuli-dvaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakulikanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nogliever	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
nundunee	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
nākuli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
oud-ol-hayyeh	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
paathaala gandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paathaala garuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paathaalagandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paathaalagaruda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagal booti	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pagal buti	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pagla-ka-dawa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
palalganni	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pampukala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pashumahanakarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patala gani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patala garidi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patala-agandhi	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
patalaagandhi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
patalaganda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patalagandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patalagaruda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patalagarudi	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
patalgaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patalganni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pelir kambin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
phanihantri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phulchiso	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
poeleh pandak	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
poelé pandak	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pokok batu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pulai pandak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pule pandak	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pushoomehnunkarika	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
qauvolfia	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
ra-yom	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
racine de serpent	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
radix mustelae	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
radix rauwolfiae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
radixmungo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
raiz de mongo alba	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
raktapatrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rametul	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rasna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratekaweriya	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rauvolfia	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rauvolfia root	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
rauvolfiae radix	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
rauwalfia	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rauwolfia	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
rauwolfia radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
rauwolfia serpentina	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
rauwolfiae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rauwolfiawurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rayom	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
rayom noi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sanochado	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sapasan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sapasanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarap gandha	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
sarap-gandha	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpa gandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpagaanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpaganda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpagandha	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sarpagandhakhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpagandhi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
sarpagandhā (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sarpakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpasugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpgandha	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sarppaganti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
schlangenholz	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
serpent wood	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
serpentina	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
serpentina indiana	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
serpentina root	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
serpentine	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
serpentine root	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
serpentine wood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
serpentine-wood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
serpentwood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
she gen mu	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shegen mu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shiva naabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivanabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shān hú jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
siruvalipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivan amalpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivanabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sjouanna-amelpodi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
snake	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
snake wood	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
snake-root	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
snake-root devil-pepper	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)
snakeroot	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
snakewood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
soothra naabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sovannamilbori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sung	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
surasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surpadini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sutranaabhu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
sutranabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sutranabi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suvaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suvapaval-amepodi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
talona	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
talunni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tinctura rauwolfiae	Pharmaceutical	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
tsjovanna amelpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjovanna-amelpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjovannaamelpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tulunni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanduvazha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vantuvala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasoopooshpa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
vasupushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasura	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
vishamardani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishamardanika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishanashini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vyalangandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yin tu luo fu mu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yin-tu lo-fu mu	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
yindu she mu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yindu shemu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yìn dù shé gēn mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yú dǎn mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
عودالحیّه	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ඒකාවේරිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
印度蛇根木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山胡椒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红果木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
萝芙木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
萝芙藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蛇根木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鱼胆木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
root	dried root, sometimes having fragments of rhizome and aerial stem bases attached	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Root		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Root		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Leaves, Roots	Juice	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Root		The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Leaf, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
root		Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
roots	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
root		ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
root		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
root		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
raízes		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
root	dried root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried root	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
root	air dried root	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root	roots	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
root	dried root	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ophioxylon obversum Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 405 (1857).
Ophioxylon serpentinum L. Sp. Pl.: 1043 (1753).
Ophioxylon trifoliatum Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 123 (1790).
Ophioxylon album Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 129 (1790).
Ophioxylon salutiferum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 146 (1796).
Rauvolfia obversa (Miq.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 10: 171 (1888).
Rauvolfia serpentina var. obversa (Miq.) Bakh.f. Blumea 6: 386 (1950).
Rauvolfia trifoliata (Gaertn.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 13: 171 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ophioxylon obversum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ophioxylon serpentinum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ophioxylon serpentium	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ophioxylon trifoliatum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Raulfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rauvolfia sarpentina	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rauvolfia serpentina	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Bent. ex Kurtz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. Ex Kurz	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. et Hook. f.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rauvolfia serpentina (Linnaeus) Bentham ex Kurz	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Rauvolfia serpentina Benth.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Rauvolfia serpentine Benth. Ex Kurz	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Rauvolvia serpentina	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rauwolfia (Linné) Bentham ex Kurz	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Rauwolfia serpentina	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rauwolfia serpentina (L)Benth ex Kurz	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Rauwolfia serpentina (L.) Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rauwolfia serpentina (L.) Bentham ex Kurz	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
Rauwolfia serpentina (L.) Bth. ex Kurz	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rauwolfia serpentina (Linn.) Benth. ex Kurz	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Rauwolfia serpentina (Linne) Bentham ex Kurz	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
Rauwolfia serpentina Benth.	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Rauwolfia serpentina Bentham	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Rauwolfia serpentina L.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

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