Herb Plant Snakeroot

by dinesh_valke

Common names of Rauvolfia serpentina:Assamese: Arachoritita • Bengali: Chandra • Burmese: Bongmaiza • Chinese: She gen mu, Yin du luo fu mu, Yin du she gen mu, Yin du she mu • English: Indian Snakeroot, Java devil pepper, Insanity herb, Rauvolfia root, Rauwolfia, Serpentine Wood, Snakeroot, Snakewood • French: Arbre aux serpents • German: Indische Schlangenwurzel, Rauwolfie, Schlangenholz • Hindi: Chandrabhaga, Chota-chand, सर्पगंधा Sarpagandha • Japanese: Indo shaboku, Indo shaboku • Kannada: Sarpangandha, Sarpagandhi, Shivanabhiballi, Sutranavi, Patalagandhi • Malay: Akar tikus, Pule pandak (Java), Pulai pandak (Indonesia) • Malayalam: Churannavilpori, Suvapavalporiyam • Marathi: Harkaya, Harki • Oriya: Patalagarur, Sanochado • Sanskrit: Chandrika, Patalgaruda, Sarpagandha • Tamil: Chevanamalpodi • Telugu: Patalaguni, Patalagaruda, Sarpagandha

Herb Plant Rauvolfia serpentina

Rauwolfia serpentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Rauwolfia
Species: R. serpentina
Binomial name
Rauwolfia serpentina
(L.) Benth. ex Kurz[1]

Rauwolfia serpentina, or 'snakeroot' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name shégēn mù (蛇根木) or yìndù shémù (印度蛇木).

The extract of the plant has also been used for millennia in India — it was reported that Mahatma Gandhi took it as a tranquilizer during his lifetime.[2]

The wood, commonly known as serpentwood, is mildly popular amongst woodcarving and woodturning hobbyists.[citation needed]

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