Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Apocynaceae | Genus: Rauvolfia | Species: Rauvolfia serpentina (Linn.) Benth. ex Kurz( सर्पगंधा ) |
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| Synonym | Rauvolfia trifoliata (Gaertn.) Baill., Rauvolfia obversa (Miq.) Baill., Ophioxylon album Gaertn. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Serpentine, Sarpagandha | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Serpentine, Snake root | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Sarpagandha | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 2200 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Drupes 1 or 2, shining, purplish-black when ripe. |
| Habitat | Moist Deciduous Forests, Commonly Cultivated. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Submontane Himalaya and adjacent plains; Central and South India; Sri Lanka, Indonesia. | Bark Details | smooth, green. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Whorled (leaves in groups of 3 or more along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Perennial, glabrous, undershrubs; up to 80 cm high. Leaves whorled, elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or acuminate. Flowers pink-rose or white, in terminal or axillary cymes. Calyx lobes small, lanceolate. Corolla tube usually curved, flattened above the middle. Fruit a drupe 1 or 2, shining, purplish-black when ripe. | Leaf Details | Leaves whorled, elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or acuminate. |
