MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Rauvolfia names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

(Bed) (Braj) V (CRDP) (FAO) V  (FDAM) (Flcyb) (GCW) (GRIN) V (IPNI) V (ISF) V (ISTA) (JA) V (JSent) V (LibHerb) (Mansf) V (MMPND) (Mrkv) (Nep) (Pan) V (Prosea) (SavMark) (Smit) V   (SwedMus) (USDA) (Wang) V (W3Trop) (Yasu)

 

Rauvolfia caffra Sond.

ENGLISH : African quinine, Quinine tree.

SWAHILI : Mwerere (Kenya).

 

The above Swahili name is also applied to Tabernaemontana stapfiana Brit.

The above English names are best applied to Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) Bruce and Cinchona spp. respectively.

 

Rauvolfia cambodiana Pierre ex Pit.

Rauvolfia mannii Stapf.

SWAHILI : Mutongo (Kenya).

Rauvolfia nitida Jacq.

SYNONYM(S) : Rauvolfia angustifolia Salisb., Rauvolfia canescens Descourt, Rauvolfia lanceolata A. DC.

Rauvolfia nitida Sessé & Moc.

SPANISH : Cachimbo (Puerto Rico).

 

Synonym of Rauvolfia nitida Jacq. ?

Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz

SYNONYM(S) : Ophioxylon serpentinum L. , Rauvolfia trifoliata (Gaertn.) Baill.

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 : Ajmalicine (drug), Ajmaline (drug), Java devil pepper, Rauwolfia, Serpentine-wood, Snakeroot, Snakewood.

FRENCH : Arbre aux serpents.

GERMAN : Indische Schlangenwurzel, Rauwolfie, Schlangenholz.

HINDI : Candrabhaga, Chandrabhaga, Chota chand, Sarpagandha , Sarpgandha.

JAPANESE : Indo shaboku, Indo shaboku.

KANNADA : Sarpangandha, Sarpagandhi, Patalagandhi, Sarpgandha, Sarpgandha.

MALAY : Akar tikus, Pule pandak (Java), Pulai pandak (Indonesia).

ORIYA : Patalagarur.

SANSKRIT : Chandrika, Chundrika, Patalguruda, Sarpagandha.

TAMIL : Chevanamalpodi.

TELUGU : Patalaguni, Patalagaruda, Sarpagandha.

 

Rauvolfia sumatrana Jack

CHINESE : Su men da la luo fu mu.

ENGLISH : Sumatra devil pepper.

 

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.

SYNONYM(S) : Rauvolfia canescens L. , Rauvolfia heterophylla Roem. & Schult., Rauvolfia hirsuta Jacq.

CHINESE : Si ye luo fu mu.

ENGLISH : Be-still tree (USA), Devil-pepper, Four-leaf devil-pepper, Four-leaved devil pepper, Milkbush.

HINDI : Barachandrika.

SPANISH : Chalchupa (Guatemala), Fruto de aura (Cuba), Kabal muk (Mexico).

Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baillon

SYNONYM(S) : Rauvolfia chinensis Hemsl.

CHINESE : Si ye luo fu mu.

ENGLISH : Common devil-pepper.

KHMER : Awaiting feedback.

LAOTIAN : Awaiting feedback.

VIETNAMESE : Awaiting feedback.

Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel. ex Spreng.

SYNONYM(S) : Rauvolfia congolana De Wild. & Dur.

CHINESE : Awaiting feedback.

ENGLISH : African serpent wood, Poison devil's pepper, Poisonous devil pepper, Swizzle stick tree.

UNIDENTIFIED AFRICAN LANGUAGES : Akata (Nigeria), Bakaembe (Ghana), Embisiembi (Ivory Coast).

 

 

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Rauvolfia Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://gmr.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/Plantnames/Sorting/Rauvolfia.html > (2004).

 

 REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

 

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?rauvolfia (01 September 2004). (GRIN)

 

 

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