Rauvolfia root: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Rauvolfia root in English is the name of a plant defined with Rauvolfia serpentina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ophioxylon serpentinum L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Science and Culture (1982)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1979)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Nucleus (1991)
· Flora (1845)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
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