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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 4060

Rauvolfia serpentina

Family: Apocynaceae • Common: Indian Snakeroot; Insanity Herb; Rauvolfia root; Serpentine; Serpentine wood
254 Compounds Andaman Islands; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; India; Jawa; Lakshadweep Islands; Laos; Lesser Sunda Islands; Malaya; Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam

Overview

Species Rauvolfia serpentina
Habit Undershrub
Habitat Moist deciduous forests; Tropical moist deciduous forests; also in the plains
Distribution (India)
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