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'''Rauvolfia tetraphylla''' is usually a much-branched shrub growing up to 1 metre tall, but sometimes becoming a small tree up to 4 metres tall. The plant contains a copious white latex.
 
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It contains  five new alkaloids bearing an unusual,2-dimethyl-4-oxopiperidin-6-yl moiety, rauvotetraphyllines, 17-epi-rauvotetraphylline and 21-epi-rauvotetraphylline etc.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
 
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{{Common names|sa=Vanasarpagandha|en=Wild Snake Root|gu=|hi=Barachandrika|kn=Dodda chandrike|ks=|ml=Pampumkolli|mr=|pa=|ta=Pampukaalaachchedi|te=Papataku}}
  
 
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Succeeds in full sun to partial shade, preferring a rich, well-drained soil.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
  
 
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{{Commonly seen|Wet to dry thickets}}, {{Commonly seen|In waste ground}}.
  
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607677/ Chemistry]</ref>
  
 
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Rauvolfia+tetraphylla Cultivation]</ref>
 
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
 
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230902 Rauvolfia tetraphylla on indiabiodiversity.org]
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* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Snake%20Root.html Rauvolfia tetraphylla on flowersofindia.net]
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[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]

Revision as of 15:58, 12 June 2020

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Rauvolfia tetraphylla is usually a much-branched shrub growing up to 1 metre tall, but sometimes becoming a small tree up to 4 metres tall. The plant contains a copious white latex.

Uses

Other diseases, Snake bites, Malaria in Guatemala.[1]

Parts Used

[[:Category:Herbs with used in medicine|]], stem, leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

It contains five new alkaloids bearing an unusual,2-dimethyl-4-oxopiperidin-6-yl moiety, rauvotetraphyllines, 17-epi-rauvotetraphylline and 21-epi-rauvotetraphylline etc.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Dodda chandrike
Hindi Barachandrika
Malayalam Pampumkolli
Tamil Pampukaalaachchedi
Telugu Papataku
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Vanasarpagandha
English Wild Snake Root


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Succeeds in full sun to partial shade, preferring a rich, well-drained soil.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Wet to dry thickets, In waste ground.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemistry
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

External Links