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Rauvolfia serpentina

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Bentham ex Kurz

Common Names

• Serpentine Snake-wood
• Indian Snakeroot

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• SC. China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun

Fruiting Times

Climber or twiner or erect shrub with axillary fascicles or cymes of white flowers, red calyx, wavy leaves

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Kew
• Gleason & Moldenke