Planted as an ornamental The latex has anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities. It is also used for the treatment of skin diseases and tooth pain. to to
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uses
The latex has anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities. It is also used for the treatment of skin diseases and tooth pain. to to
family
Apocynaceae
synonym
Plumeria caracasana J. R. Johnst., Plumeria cochleata S. F. Blake
description
Shrubs, branchlets terete, latex milky. Leaves simple, alternate spiral, clustered at the apex of branchlets, to × 25 5 cm, spathulate, base cuneate, apex acuminate, membranous; lateral nerves to 25-45 pairs, parallel, prominent; petiole 1.5-3 cm long, stout, glabrous. Flowers white, in terminal corymbose stout cymes. Calyx cupular, 5 mm; lobes 5, subequal, round, obtuse. Corolla to 6 cm across; tube to 4 cm, expanded from above the middle; lobes 5, obovate, overlapping to the left, obtuse. Stamens 5, attached at the base of the tube, included. Ovary half inferior, globose; ovules many; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit an aggregate of 2 follicles.