目前为止，中国西南野生生物种质资源库共保藏该物种: 种子3份; DNA材料16份; DNA12份;

• 科:夹竹桃科    Apocynaceae
• 属:萝芙木属   Rauvolfia
• 种:萝芙木   Rauvolfia verticillata

7. Rauvolfia verticillata (Loureiro) Baillon, Hist. Pl. 10: 170. 1889. 萝芙木 luo fu mu 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.【引自：Flora of China】

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。 【引自：中国植物志】