✿Apocynaceae · Rauvolfia
Amalpori / Common Devil Pepper
Rauvolfia densiflora
Shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- March-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rauvolfia densiflora
- Genus
- Rauvolfia
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Amalpori itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Khasi
- dieng larkei, dieng latyrking, dieng latyrkai, dieng sohbu blang
- Malayalam
- Amalpori, Vanduvara
- Mizo
- Lei-tawt, Piri-sawr
About Amalpori
Common Devil Pepper (Rauvolfia densiflora) is a shrub in the Apocynaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 1 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to April.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Amalpori belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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