Barachandrika / Garden Rauvolfia
Rauvolfia tetraphylla
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rauvolfia tetraphylla
- Genus
- Rauvolfia
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Forest plantations also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Native to
- West Indies
- Distribution
- Cultivated in other parts of the World
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बडा चन्द्रिका barachandrika, Chandrabhaga
- Bengali
- বড চন্দ্রিকা bar chandrika, গন্ধনকুলী gandhanakuli
- Tamil
- Pampukaalaachchedi
- Telugu
- papataku
- Kannada
- ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಂದ್ರಿಕೆ Dodda chandrike
- Malayalam
- Pampumkolli, Kattamalpori, പാമ്പുംകൊല്ലി
About Barachandrika
Garden Rauvolfia (Rauvolfia tetraphylla) is a shrub belonging to the Apocynaceae family (Dogbane family). Members of this family are generally characterised by opposite/whorled simple leaves, cymose/umbellate flower clusters, follicle pair fruit. It is typically found in forest plantations also in the plains. Native to West Indies, it is distributed across Cultivated in other parts of the World. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Barachandrika belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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