Rauvolfia species are important medicinal plants due to the presence of bioactive indole alkaloids, especially reserpine. Reserpine content in the roots of six Rauvolfia species (R. hookeri, R. micrantha, R. serpentina, R. tetraphylla, R. verticillata, and R. vomitoria), were detected by high...

The study area is rich in plant diversity but there is an urgent need of conservation. Some rare and endangered plants are still found abundantly in the region, but without protection these plants may become endangered in the near future. Endangered plant species have been categorized by the IUCN...

A field experiment conducted at Horticultural Research Station, Kahikuchi of Assam Agricultural University revealed the performance of medicinal and aromatic plants grown as intercrops in 32 year old Assam Green Tall coconut garden. There were three medicinal plants viz., sarpagandha (Rauvolfia...

A newly naturalized plant, Rauvolfia tetraphylla L., a native species of the Apocynaceae distributed in the tropical Americas, has recently been found in southern Taiwan. It is a newly recorded species to the flora of this island. A detailed description, line-drawings, photographs and geographic...

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Species of Aristolochia are associated with aristolochic acid nephropathy (AAN), a renal interstitial fibrosis and upper urinary tract cancer (UUC). Aristolochic acid nephropathy has been reported in ten countries but its true incidence is unknown and most likely...

Rauvolfia verticillata, Borreria latifolia and Artemisia eriopoda are newly recorded in Wenling, Zhejiang, China. B. latifolia is probably introduced, which becomes a new alien plant in Zhejiang. R. verticillata maybe escaping and its source is not clear.

The paper enumerates 35 taxa as new record for the flora of Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve based on authors' own collections. Correct nomenclature with citation, family name, brief distinguishing characters, abundance, habitat, exact locality of occurrence, field number and flowering and fruiting...

Forests of Chhattisgarh are rich in tree, shrub, herb and climber species of medicinal importance. Three forest divisions i.e. Bilaspur, Jashpur and Bastar of Chhattisgarh were surveyed to study the distribution pattern of medicinal plants and their potential sites. 137 species from fifteen study...

Three new additions to the flowering plant taxa of Nepal, viz. Portulaca quadrifida, Rauvolfia tetraphylla and Solanum sisymbriifolium, collected from the plains of eastern Nepal, are presented. A brief citation, concise morphological account, phenology, ecology, and locality are given.

Four medicinal plant species (Rauvolfia serpentina, Curcuma aromatica, Chlorophytum arundinaceum, Curculigo orchioides) were planted under 5-yr-old plantations of 8 species (Acacia auriculiformis, Eucalyptus hybrid [E. tereticornis], Albizia lebbeck, Albizia procera, Gmelina arborea, Melia...