Family: Apocynaceae
Synonym: Plumeria alba var. jacquiniana A.DC., Plumeria hypoleuca var. angustifolia Gasp.
Vernacular name: White Champa, Catter piller tree
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Forested areas
Distribution: Naturalised in Asia
Flowering and Fruiting: March-October
Key identification features: It is a somewhat succulent, evergreen shrub or a tree that does not have a true crown of foliage, but forms a somewhat vase-shape with a few stout, soft and brittle erect branches ending in clusters of crowded, spreading leaves; A very ornamental plant, with clusters of fragrant, tubular and spreading, waxy, white flowers.
Uses: The root
bark is depurative and purgative, causing thirst. It is used in the treatment
of blennorrhagia, herpes and syphilis.
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