中文名（Chinese Name）：萝芙木
学名（Scientific Name）：Rauvolfia verticillata (Lour.) Baill.
英文名（English Common Name）：
别名（Chinese Common Name）：萝芙藤
异名（Synonym）：Rauvolfia perakensis King et Gamble；Rauvolfia taiwanensis Tsiang；Rauvolfia brevistyla Tsiang；Rauvolfia verticillata var. officinalis Tsiang；Rauvolfia verticillata var. oblanceolata Tsiang；Rauvolfia verticillata var. hainanensis Tsiang；Rauvolfia yunnanensis Tsiang；Rauvolfia latifrons Tsiang；Cerbera chinensis Spreng.；Dissolena verticillata Lour.；Ophioxylon chinense Hance；Rauvolfia cambodiana Pierre ex Pit.；Rauvolfia altodiscifera R. H. Miao；Rauvolfia superaxillaris P. T. Li et S. Z. Huang；Rauvolfia chinensis (Spreng.) Hemsl.；Dissolaena verticillata Lour.；Ervatamia ophiorhizoides (Kurz) Lace；Ervatamia ventii Ly；Hunteria sundana var. minor Miq.；Hunteria sundana Miq.；Ophioxylon belgaumense Wight；Ophioxylon densiflorum (Wall.) Thwaites；Ophioxylon macrocarpum Wight；Ophioxylon neilgheerense Wight；Ophioxylon zeylanicum Wight；Rauvolfia loheri Merr.；Rauvolfia major (Hassk.) G.Nicholson；Rauvolfia membranacea Merr.；Rauvolfia ophiorrhizoides (Kurz) Kerr；Rauvolfia serpentina var. gracilis Stapf；Tabernaemontana cylindrica Steud.；Tabernaemontana densiflora Wall.；Tabernaemontana microcarpa Wall.；Tabernaemontana ophiorrhizoides Kurz；Tabernaemontana wallichiana Steud. 
科属（Family & Genus）：夹竹桃科（Apocynaceae）萝芙木属
形态特征（Description）：灌木，高达3米；多枝，树皮灰白色；幼枝绿色，被稀疏的皮孔，直径约5毫米；节间长1-5厘米。叶膜质，干时淡绿色，3-4叶轮生，稀为对生，椭圆形，长圆形或稀披针形，渐尖或急尖，基部楔形或渐尖，长2.6-16厘米，宽0.3-3厘米；叶面中脉扁平或微凹，叶背则凸起，侧脉弧曲上升，无皱纹；叶柄长0.5-1厘米。伞形式聚伞花序，生于上部的小枝的腋间；总花梗长2-6厘米；花小，白色；花萼5裂，裂片三角形；花冠高脚碟状，花冠筒圆筒状，中部膨大，长10-18毫米；雄蕊着生于冠筒内面的中部，花药背部着生，花丝短而柔弱；花盘环状，长约为子房之半；子房由2个离生心皮所组成，一半埋藏于花盘内，花柱圆柱状，柱头棒状，基部有一环状薄膜。核果卵圆形或椭圆形，长约1厘米，直径0.5厘米，由绿色变暗红色，然后变成紫黑色，种子具皱纹；胚小，子叶叶状，胚根在上。花期2-10月，果期4月-翌春。
分布（Distribution）：产我国西南、华南及台湾等省区，生于林边、丘陵的林中或溪边潮湿的灌丛中。越南也有。
用途（Use）：根、叶供药用，民间有用来治高血压、高热症、胆囊炎、急性黄疸型肝炎、头痛、失眠、玄晕、癫癎、疟疾、蛇咬伤、跌打损伤等病症。
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 16 Page 159
Rauvolfia verticillata (Loureiro) Baillon, Hist. Pl. 10: 170. 1889.
萝芙木 luo fu mu | Apocynaceae  | Rauvolfia
Dissolena verticillata Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 137. 1790; Cerbera chinensis Sprengel; Ophioxylon chinense Hance; Rauvolfia altodiscifera Miau, R. brevistyla Tsiang; R. cambodiana Pierre ex Pitard; R. chinensis (Sprengel) Hemsley; R. latifrons Tsiang; R. perakensis King & Gamble; R. superaxillaris P. T. Li & S. Z. Huang; R. taiwanensis Tsiang; R. verticillata var. hainanensis Tsiang; R. verti-cillata var. oblanceolata Tsiang; R. verticillata var. officinalis Tsiang; R. yunnanensis Tsiang.
Shrubs to 3 m tall, erect, glabrous. Branchlets pale gray, lenticellate. Lower leaves opposite, terminal leaves in whorls of 3 or 4; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade narrowly to broadly ovate or oblong, 3.5-25 X 5-13 cm, nearly papery to membranous; lateral veins 6 or 7 pairs. Cymes rather lax, 3-9 together; peduncle 2-15 cm. Pedicel 3-6 mm. Corolla white, tube cylindric, 1-1.8 cm, inflated and villous from middle to throat; lobes broadly elliptic or ovate, 1-4.5 mm. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube. Ovaries distinct. Drupes ellipsoid or ovoid, distinct, ca. 10 X 5 mm. Seed 1. Fl. Feb-Oct, fr. Apr-Dec. 2n = 22*.
Lowland, montane rain forests, monsoon forests, brush fields, river banks, rice fields, seashores; 0-1700 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam]
Used in China to treat snake poisoning, malaria, and typhus. The roots are used to treat hypertension and as a sedative.
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