Rauvolfia species

Rauvolfia species;   FROM THE NATURE: Attaching the image of a Rauvolfia sp, I photographed it today. Can anybody tell me the identity? The second image is of a Bluethroated Barbet having lunch on Weeping Palm fruits.  

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Rauvolfia verticillata

Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill., Hist. Pl. 13: 170 1895. (Syn: Cerbera chinensis Spreng.; Dissolaena verticillata Lour.; Ervatamia ophiorhizoides (Kurz) Lace; Ervatamia ventii Lý; Hunteria sundana Miq. .; Ophioxylon belgaumense Wight; Ophioxylon chinense Hance; Ophioxylon densiflorum (Wall.) Thwaites; Ophioxylon macrocarpum Wight; Ophioxylon majus Hassk.; Ophioxylon neilgheerense Wight; Ophioxylon zeylanicum Wight; Rauvolfia altodiscifera R.H.Miao; Rauvolfia brevistyla Tsiang; Rauvolfia […]

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Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L., Sp. Pl. 208 1753. (syn. Rauvolfia canescens L. [Illegitimate]; Rauvolfia canescens var. glabra Müll. Arg.; Rauvolfia canescens var. intermedia Markgr.; Rauvolfia canescens var. tomentosa Müll. Arg.; Rauvolfia canescens var. typica Markgr.; Rauvolfia heterophylla Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Rauvolfia heterophylla var. puberula A. Gray; Rauvolfia hirsuta Jacq.; Rauvolfia hirsuta var. glabra (Müll. Arg.) […]

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Rauvolfia serpentina

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.); . Indian snakeroot, java devil pepper, ichneumon-plant, insanity herb, rauvolfia root, rauwolfia, serpentine […]

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Rauvolfia micrantha

Critically endangered . Rauvolfia micrantha Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 3: 633 1882. (syn: Rauvolfia indosinensis Pichon; Rauvolfia littoralis Pierre ex Pit.; Rauvolfia membranifolia Kerr; Rauvolfia vietnamensis Lý); . SW. India, Indo-China: Cambodia, India, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Common name: Small Flowered Snake Root . Shrubs, to 1.5 m high; branches slender, glabrous. Leaves 8-13 x 2-5 cm, […]

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