Species Rauvolfia verticillata
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There aren’t any identifications of Rauvolfia verticillata.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Rauvolfia:
For Leonhard Rauwolf (Rauwolff) (1535–1596), German physician and botanist, born in Augsburg. He studied at Montpellier and at Valence where he received his MD degree. He became city physician at Augsburg in 1570. In 1573, he went on a 33-month field trip to Marseilles and the Near East, visiting Syria, Palestine, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria and Chaldea. His aim was to find new medicinal plants and drugs that could be traded profitably by his firm. He was the first European to describe the preparation and drinking of coffee in Aleppo. The alkaloids in Rauvolfia serpentina (Plum.) are still in medical use today. In 1596, he joined the imperial troops fighting the Turks in Hungary, where he died.
Etymology of verticillata:
From the Latin verticillatus = 'having whorls', referring to the arrangement of the leaves upon the stem that radiate from a single point
Scientific name:
Rauvolfia verticillata A. Chev.
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Unknown
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Rauvolfia verticillata.