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Rauvolfia serpentina <ref name="Rauvolfia serpentina"/>, or Indian snakeroot is a species of flower in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and East Asia (from India to Indonesia).Common English names include devil pepper and snakeroot.

== Medicinal uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.

The extract of the plant has been used for millennia in India – Alexander the Great administered this plant to cure his general Ptolemy I Soter of a poisoned arrow.[citation needed] It was reported that Mahatma Gandhi took it as a tranquilizer during his lifetime. It has been used to treat insect stings and the bites of venomous reptiles.[citation needed] The plant also contains reserpine==Chemical Composition==Ajmaline, was used to treat high blood pressure ajmalinine and mental disorders including schizophreniaajmalicine, and had a brief period of popularity for that purpose in the West from 1954 to 1957. R. serpentina is also known for its antimicrobialserpentine, antifungalserpentinine, anti-inflammatoryalkaloids, antiproliferativereserpine, antidiuretic rescinnamine and anticholinergic activities.yohimbine<ref name="chemical composition"/>

Recent research has proved that Rauwolfia serpentina exhibits ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity against drug, Prabhava -resistant tumor cellsTherepeutics.===Dravya===

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), where it has the name shégēn mù Kashaya (Chinese: 蛇根木Astringent) or yìndù shémù ===Guna===Laghu (Chinese: 印度蛇木Light)., Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===

==Common nameHabit=={{Habit|Herb}}

===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|violet|5|Flowers are in irregular corymbose cymes, white, often tinged with violet}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Simple|7–10 mm|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Its grows spontaneous in tropical forests (temp,10°C to 40°C) which are humid in summer at an altitude up to about 1200 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> == References ==

<ref name="Rauvolfia chemical composition">[http://www.biologydiscussion.com/medicinal-plants/rauvolfia-serpentina-habitat-history-and-constituents/51900 "Chemical Constituents "]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://enhort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/rauvolfia.html "plant description"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.wikipediayourarticlelibrary.orgcom/biology/alkaloid/wikirauwolfia-sources-cultivation-and-uses-with-diagram/Rauvolfia_serpentina 49643 "wikipediaCultivation"]</ref>