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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Rauvolfia serpentina

Common Name
Boboro, Chandra, Sarpagandha, Chandraka, Akar Tikus, Harkal, Chota Chand, Indo-Zyaboku, Chandrika, Chivan Avelpori, Java Devil Pepper, Rauwolfia, Pule Pandak

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Bite(Snake) Nepal *
Brachycardia Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Brachycardia Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypertension Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypertension India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hypnotic Sanscrit Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypnotic Nepal *
Hypnotic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypochondria Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypochondria India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypotension English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypotensive Nepal *
Insanity Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insanity Malaysia Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insomnia Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insomnia Malaysia Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Asia Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977