Rauvolfia serpentina, Indian snakeroot, Sarpagandha, small shrub with elliptic leaves in whorls of 3-6, important in medicine

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Rauvolfia serpentina, Indian snakeroot, Sarpagandha, small shrub with elliptic leaves in whorls of 3-6, flowers in cymose clusters with reddish calyx and white corolla, fruit a drupe finally turning black, very important medicinal plant with more than 50 different alkaloides

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Location: Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, India
Photo credit: © Gurcharan Singh / Alamy / Afripics
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