Rauvolfia vomitoria

Rauvolfia vomitoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Rauvolfia
Species:
R. vomitoria
Binomial name
Rauvolfia vomitoria
Afzel., 1817[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Rauvolfia congolana De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Rauvolfia pleiosiadica K.Schum.
  • Rauvolfia senegambiae DC.
  • Rauvolfia stuhlmannii K.Schum.

Rauvolfia vomitoria, the poison devil's-pepper,[3] is a plant species in the genus Rauvolfia. It is native from Senegal east to Sudan and Tanzania, south to Angola; and naturalized in China, Bangladesh, different ranges of Himalayan and Puerto Rico.[4] The plant contains a number of compounds of interest to the pharmaceutical industry and is widely used in traditional medicine.

  1. ^ "Subordinate Taxa of Rauvolfia L". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  2. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 19 November 2016
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Rauvolfia vomitoria​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[permanent dead link]