Typical of the Apocynaceae family
Rauvolfia tetraphylla
Barachandrika / Garden Rauvolfia बडा चन्द्रिका
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Barachandrika in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | बडा चन्द्रिका | barachandrika, Chandrabhaga |
| Bengali | বড চন্দ্রিকা · গন্ধনকুলী | bar chandrika, gandhanakuli |
| Tamil | Not recorded | Pampukaalaachchedi |
| Telugu | Not recorded | papataku |
| Kannada | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಂದ್ರಿಕೆ | Dodda chandrike |
| Malayalam | പാമ്പുംകൊല്ലി | Pampumkolli, Kattamalpori |
See the original recorded 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
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP records it as introduced in Andaman Is., Assam, India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Mexico to Trop. America.
- Recorded habitat
- Forest plantations also in the plains
- Explore nearby plants
- Tamil Nadu →Kerala →Andhra Pradesh →
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How to identify Barachandrika
Identify Barachandrika by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves usually in whorls of four.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Apocynaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Barachandrika.
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, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Odisha, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
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
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Barachandrika itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Barachandrika
Garden Rauvolfia (Rauvolfia tetraphylla) is a shrub in the Apocynaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and 17 other states. It grows in forest plantations also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Barachandrika belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
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