rauwolfia
/rɔːˈwʊlfɪə/(亦作rauvolfia /-ˈvʊlfɪə/)
noun
1- a tropical shrub or small tree, some kinds of which are cultivated for the medicinal drugs which they yield萝芙木。
1.1
- Genus Rauwolfia (or Rauvolfia), family Apocynaceae: many species, in particular the Indian snakeroot (R. serpentina), from which the drug reserpine is obtained.萝芙木属, 夹竹桃科：多种, 尤指能提取利血平药的印度蛇根木（或萝芙木）。
词源
modern Latin, named after Leonhard Rauwolf (died 1596), German botanist.