- Family:
- Apocynaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Rauvolfia Plum. ex L.
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz

Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Introduced into:
China Southeast, Hainan, Marianas
Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1997 | Horsfield [22], Jawa | K000832958 | isolectotype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1997 | Horsfield, T. [22], Jawa | K000832957 | lectotype | Yes | |
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1682], Myanmar | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113840 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1682] | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113845 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1682] | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113846 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1682] | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113842 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1682], Myanmar | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113839 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1682] | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113843 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1682], Nepal | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113844 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1682] | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113841 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1682] | Ophioxylon serpentinum | K001113847 | Yes |
First published in Forest Fl. Burma 2: 171 (1877)
Accepted by
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
- Middleton, D.J. (2014). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 33: 1-276. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
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