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Taxon:  Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz



Summary
Genus:
Rauvolfia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Vinceae
Nomen number:
30895
Place of publication:
Forest fl. Burma 2:171. 1877
Verified:
01/23/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ophioxylon serpentinum L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968
  2. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
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  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
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  6. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  7. Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Rauvolfia+serpentina&quantity=1
  9. Fosberg, F. R. et al. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. 1979-1982
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  19. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  20. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
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  23. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
ajmaline –
Java devil-pepper –
rauwolfia –
serpentine-wood –
snakewood –
German
Java-Teufelspfeffer –
Transcribed Chinese
she gen mu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java, Lesser Sunda Islands]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java]
Economic Uses
CITES Appendix II
Medicines
source of ajmalicine, rescinnamine, & reserpine (fide Import Medicinal Pl; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):430. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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