Rauwolfia is on many endangered species lists.
This is the rarest seed in our catalog, and is offered with the hope that more growers will have success with cultivation of this irreplaceable plant. Beautiful, bearing white or pinkish tubular flowers seated in a red calyx. The root is the source of the most famous of Ayurvedic alkaloidal remedies. Gandhi himself used Rauwolfia tea to calm his nerves. It has strong tranquilizing and antihypertensive effects, so strong in fact that it must be used only under the guidance of a medical professional.