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[[File:Rauvolfia serpentina 11.JPG|thumb|right|''Sarpa Gandha'']]
'''Rauvolfia serpentina''' is a species of flower in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and East Asia from India to Indonesia.
==Uses==
{{Uses|High blood sugar}}, {{Uses|Lowering blood pressure}}, {{Uses|Cataract}}, {{Uses|Plague}}, {{Uses|Schizophrenia}}, {{Uses|Anxiety}}, {{Uses|Psychosis}}, {{Uses|Epilepsy}}, {{Uses|Colic}}, {{Uses|Cholera}}, {{Uses|Snake bite }}, {{Uses|Hypochondria}}, {{Uses|Mental disorders}}, {{Uses|Intractable skin disorder}}, {{Uses|Psoriasis}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Ajmaline, ajmalinine and ajmalicine, serpentine, serpentinine, alkaloids, reserpine, rescinnamine and yohimbine.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|violetViolet|5|Flowers are in irregular corymbose cymes, white, often tinged with violet}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple|7–10 mm|clearly Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||manyMany}}
===Other features===
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.biologydiscussion.com/medicinal-plants/rauvolfia-serpentina-habitat-history-and-constituents/51900 "Chemical Constituents "]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/rauvolfia.html "plant Plant description"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/biology/alkaloid/rauwolfia-sources-cultivation-and-uses-with-diagram/49643 "Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
