Thank You Dinesh ji & Tanay ji for adding up more to it.. Dear Gurucharan ji... i would like to attach a few more photos of the same plant from which are grown in Western Ghats (Koppa)...
As far as we know R. tetraphylla is also a source of Sarpagandha...(Probably a substitute in Pharmaceutical industry).. But there is also an adulterant for Sarpagandha which is Chasalia curviflora, from the family of Rubiaceae.. the inflorescence of both R.serpentina & Chasalia curviflora looks alike because of which the drug collectors sometimes wrongly identify Chasalia to be Rauwolfia & now it has become one of the chief adulterants. Thank You Dr Hari Venkatesh K Rajaraman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
