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Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma 2: 171 1877. (Syn. Ophioxylon album Gaertn.; Ophioxylon obversum Miq.; Ophioxylon salutiferum Salisb.; Ophioxylon serpentinum L.; Ophioxylon trifoliatum Gaertn.; Rauvolfia obversa (Miq.) Baill.; Rauvolfia serpentina var. obversa (Miq.) Bakh. f.; Rauvolfia trifoliata (Gaertn.) Baill.);
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Rauwolfia serpentina from Herbal garden Samalkha Panipat:
Rauwolfia serpentina From Herbal Garden Samalkha Panipat Family: Apocynaceae (oleander family)
Rauvolfia serpentina = Rauwolfia serpentina !: An elaborate search in the net tells me that the accepted scientific name of this species would be Rauvolfia serpentina.
I wonder where from the name Rauwolfia serpentina came, as can be seen in many old edition of text books, and also in – http://kbd.kew.org/kbd/detailedresult.do?id=152609 , yet didn’t find any mention in http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-176968 ?
Habit & Habitat : herb, plant height 2 feet avg., wild & cultivated
Date : 25-07-2009 & 27-07-2009
Beautiful shots of Sarpgandha Thank you …, we also call it SARPAGANDHA in Bengali. We planted those sarpagandha in our school premises and in some of our students’ home-yard in 2009. Moreover, those saplings were collected from the wild. dont know about this one Yes & No! Yes, we too have one or two of these confusion. Our school is Vidyamandir, while on the other hand we do not say vidya as in normal practice. There is li and la-e-hraswi ! No, i didn’t see kahani yet! We had a discussion earlier on this issue. Dear … had answered this query. resolved? not really… Long time ago i read a a few lines about Alfred Nobel stating that he was afraid of mathematics in his childhood and that’s why he didn’t have any Nobel prize in Mathematics! There was another explanation too!
Don’t know if Linnaeus had same experience with the ‘W’ or not! poor mr Linnaeus,   Rauvolfia serpentina: This plant is growing in our garden at Tala Bandhavgarh Umariya M.P.
Hooghly Today : Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors. It is very surprising that this plant is now known as SARPOGANDHA (সর্পগন্ধা) in Bengali. But, in earlier literature it is CHANDRAA (চন্দ্রা).
Besides its medicinal value, people believes that it deters snakes. Let us see what Roxburgh noted.
Please, see the text on the top of the page of the above link.
06072013 ASP 84 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Please ID this medicinal plant with purple/white flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2012. This is Rauvolfia serpentina
06072013 ASP 83 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Please ID this medicinal herb with red flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2012. Rauvolfia serpentina (Early fruiting stage)
Plant for ID (ii) : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7).
Found in Bangalore Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz [Apocynaceae]. Rauvolfia serpentina, Rare in Bangladesh Attached images are Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz collected in wild state.
Date :04.06.2014
Location: Assam
Family : Apocynaceae
Genus & species : Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz
Habitat: Grows wild on hill slopes
Distribution : rare Well, okay. Please carry on
Plant For ID : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 070614 : AK-16 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
A small plant seen growing wild near the waterfalls on 18/5/14. Is this Rauvolfia serpentina? Yes it is. It is found in the area as wild. . HAL 6 2014/12/18 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
Please ID this small shrub. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2013. Rauvolfia serpentina. Instinctively looks like Rauvolfia serpentina. Closer look in the field will confirm ID.
Seems Rauvolfia serpentina…!!
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz (accepted name) ??? : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Location: Kurintar, Chitwan, Nepal
Altitude: 900 ft.
Date: 13 April 2012
Accepted name. Is it frequent there? This was my first sight but I believe it is abundant in moist forest from msl to 1200 m.
Date: April 15, 2018 … Altitude: about 15 m (50 feet) asl
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz
Rauvolfia serpentina at Amarkantak forest department nursery, Madhya Pradesh : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)
Kindly confirm Rauvolfia serpentina, photographed in July 2018 at the Amarkantak forest department nursery, Madhya Pradesh.
nice to see active nursery stock but did not the botanists at the forest dept or the nursery itself verify the seed source and identify them ??? as consumers we rely on such horticultural expertise? is that reliance correct?
Shrub for identification! : 18 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 mb.
Could you please help identifying this species?
Photographed in August 26, 2018,
Observed in floor of Sal forest.
Elevation 700m, midhills, central Nepal.
Thanks, …, Do you have any image showing full plant? yes full plant would help Here is the one I have. I focussed only on fruiting part. Did not take full plant. Its lesson for future. It was only 40-60 cm tall.
Attachments (1)- 3 mb. Rutaceae. ??
Can this be Rauvolfia serpentina? Thanks, …, I feel may be some Rubiaceae member. I was a bit too slow. I see that Rauvolfia serpentina has already been suggested No doubt…. Rauwolfia serpentina only Thank you. It could be some species close to Rauwolfia serpentina.
Or it could be some plant from rubiaceae. Had it been Rubiaceae, the calyx lobed would have been seen over the top of the fruit… so it is Apocynaceae… Good observation …; I endorse with you. so my first impression was ok. yet in the pictures, the fruits berries seem “jointed”. does that bother anyone or is it just the angle of photo In Apocynaceae family there is a tendency for ovaries to be apocarpous though style and stigma are fused
thanks for the scientific reason. did you look at the fruits i have question about I guess it is Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz only. url
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RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Attaching four collages of Rauvolfia serpentina (SARPAGANDHA).
RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Rauvolfia serpentina with flowers and fruits.
. Rauvolfia serpentina AT/JUNE2020/13 : 2 posts by 2 authors.
Details on Sarpagandha
Plant for ID : Nasik : 30OCT20 : AK-54 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Rauvolfia serpentina .    179 ID wild plant Rauvolfia: 16 images. Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Altitude: 1400fsl Flower date: 30.10.2021, 01.00pm Habitat: wild moisture Plant habit: small shrub, erect, branches, hard stem 07mm base diameter, perennial, strange smelled latex Height: 03 feet Leaves: opposite but quadrant petiole, ovate, oblong, apex, wavy margins, strange smell when crushed, bitter taste, size:18×7cm or less Flower: racemose, clustered, diameter:12mm, white, non fragrant Fruit: globular, single/twins, green into deep blue, diameter:01cm, edible but haven’t taste Seed: brown, single/twins, irregular pear shaped size:6×4x3mm Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz Yes, it is dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant, . References:
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