Apocynaceae
Serpentine wood
Rauvolfia serpentina
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Rauvolfia
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- الراتانيا, الروالفيا, عود الحية
- Azerbaijani
- Rauwolfia serpentina
- Catalan
- Rauwolfia Serpentina
- Chinese
- 印度萝芙木, 印度蛇木, 印度蛇根木, 印度蛇根草, 蛇根木
- Czech
- Americký hadí kořen, Rauwolfie plazivá, Zmijovice hadová, Zmijovice plazivá, Zmijovnice hadová
- English
- Serpentine wood, Snakeroot
- French
- Rauwolfia serpentina
- German
- Java-Teufelspfeffer, Rauwolfia serpentina, Sarpagandha, Wahnsinnskraut
- Hindi
- सर्पगंधा
- Japanese
- ラウオルフィア, 印度蛇木
- Malayalam
- അമൽപ്പൊരി
- Nepali
- चाँदमरुवा
- Russian
- Сарпаганда
- Sanskrit
- अश्वत्थः
Synonyms
- Ophioxylon album Gaertn.
- Ophioxylon obversum Miq.
- Ophioxylon salutiferum Salisb.
- Ophioxylon serpentinum L.
- Ophioxylon trifoliatum Gaertn.
- Rauvolfia obversa (Miq.) Baill.
- Rauvolfia serpentina var. obversa (Miq.) Bakh.f.
- Rauvolfia trifoliata (Gaertn.) Baill.
Photos
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.