Rauvolfia serpentine/Ekawariya

Botanical name:-Rauvolfia serpentine
Family name:-APOCYNACEAE
Names of different languages:
   Sinhala:Ekawariya
   English :Sarpagandha
   Tamil :- Cuvanamilpoti
   Sanskirt name :-Sarpagandha, Chandrika, Patalguruda

Edibal parts:-Fruits
Status:-Native 
Distribution:-Sri Lanka,Indian peninsula, Burma, and Indonesia
Ayurvedic usage:
Treatment for:-Epilepsy, Abdominal pains, Fever, Dysmenorrhoea, Mental diseases,Tonsillitis, Skin diseases. Insomnia, Hypertension, Pains.
Parts used to make medicine:-Roots,Bark.
propagation:-Seeds 


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Rauvolfia serpentine/Ekawariya

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