Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rauvolfia vomitoria Wennberg [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 rauwolfi a	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
african rauwolfia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
african serpentwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
african snakeroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
akakapenpen	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akanta	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
akapenpen	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
apototso	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
asofeiyeje	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
asofeyeje	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
baka egbe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
baka embene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bakapembene; blonyatsho	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
berenquete	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
blonyatsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
brech-teufelspfeffer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cui tu luo fu mu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dodemak powoe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
dodemakpowoe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ekpiri	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ira-igbo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kakapenpen	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) 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)
msesewe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ngbe ngbe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nsusua-dua	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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)
rauwolfia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
swizzle stick	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
swizzle-stick tree	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
swizzle-stick-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
the swizle stick	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
uto enyin	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
wada	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
wada.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
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)
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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
root, leaf, bark, branch	extract	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 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	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rauvolfia vomitoria Wennberg	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rauwolfia vomitoria Afzel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rauwolfia vomitoria Afzel.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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