NOMBRE | plant | rauvolfia, rauwolfia | any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers |
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Sentido | Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives. | |
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Sinónimo | rauwolfia | |
Miembro de | genus rauvolfia, genus rauwolfia | pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees |
General | arbusto, mata | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
Inglés | rauwolfia, rauvolfia | |
Catalán | rauvolfia |
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