Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.

Apocynaceae

Synonym:

Rauvolfia densiflora (Wall.) Benth. ex Hook.f.

Common Names:
Ath-ekaweriya (S)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Root

Uses in traditional medicine :

Decoction of the root reduces high blood pressure
Application of root ground with lime juice is a remedy for mildly to moderately poisonous snake bites

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Alkaloids: reserpine, ajamaline, vellosimine, spegatrine, verticillatine, dispegatrine from roots

Bioactivity :

Crude extracts of roots and leaves: sedative; methanol extracts of leaves: antioxidative

Clinical:

Note :

A substitute for Ekaweriya (Rauvolfia serpentina) in traditional medicine

References :

Chatterjee, A. and Talapatra, S. K., (1955), Alkaloids of the roots of Rauwolfia densiflora Benth. and Hook, Rauwolfia perakensis King and Gamble ,Rauwolfia canescens Linn. And Rauwolfia serpentina Benth, Biomedical and Life Sciences, 42(7), 182.

Mao, L. et al., (1986), Studies on the quaternary alkaloids of Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill var. Hainanensis Tsiang, Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 02.

Nair, V. D. et al., (2012), Studies on methanolic extract of Rauvolfia species from Southern Western Ghats of India – In vitro antioxidant properties, characterisation of nutrients and phytochemicals, Industrial Crops and Products, 39, 17-25.

Weerakoon, S. W. et al., (1998), Note Sedative Activity of the Crude Extract of Rauvolfia densiflora, Pharmaceutical biology, 36(5), 360-361.

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