Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african snakeroot#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
american snakeroot	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
amerikansk rauvolfia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
badaa chaand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
barachandrika	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalchupa	Other	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
chotachanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dodda chandrike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
four-leaf devil-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hierba cancerina	Other	Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
milkbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
naalkele sarpaganha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tek ta men	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
túk ta men	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
varachandrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vierblättriger teufelspfeffer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
四叶萝芙木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, roots		Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
Leaves		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
root, bark, stem, leaves	juice, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rauvolfia canescens L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 303 (1762), nom. superfl.
Rauvolfia canescens var. glabra Müll.Arg. Linnaea 30: 395 (1860).
Rauvolfia canescens var. intermedia Markgr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 115 (1924).
Rauvolfia canescens var. tomentosa Müll.Arg. Linnaea 30: 395 (1860).
Rauvolfia canescens var. typica Markgr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 115 (1924), not validly publ.
Rauvolfia heterophylla Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 805 (1819).
Rauvolfia heterophylla var. puberula A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 187 (1861).
Rauvolfia hirsuta Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 14 (1760).
Rauvolfia hirsuta var. glabra (Müll.Arg.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 26: 299 (1939).
Rauvolfia latifolia var. minor Müll.Arg. Linnaea 30: 396 (1860).
Rauvolfia nitida Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 48 (1894), nom. illeg.
Rauvolfia odontophora Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 2: 150 (1871).
Rauvolfia subpubescens L. Mant. Pl. 2: 345 (1771).
Rauvolfia tomentosa Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 14 (1760).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rauvolfia canescens L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Rauvolfia tetraphylla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rauvolfia tetraphylla Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Rauvolﬁa tetraphylla L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Rauwolfia tetraphlla L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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