Planted in home gardens The stem bark has anti-ulcer properties. The plant extract heal in indomethacin induced stomach ulceration. A decoction of the bark is given in varying 6 doses as a purgative or as a remedy against oedemas.
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The stem bark has anti-ulcer properties. The plant extract heal in indomethacin induced stomach ulceration. A decoction of the bark is given in varying 6 doses as a purgative or as a remedy against oedemas.
family
Apocynaceae
synonym
Plumeria apiculata Urb.
description
Deciduous trees, to 10 m high, branchlets terete, 2-25 cm thick, with prominent leaf scars; latex milky. Leaves simple, alternate spiral, clustered; × 20-50 8-12 cm, obovate-spathulate, oblong, oblanceolate; base cuneate, apex obtuse or acute, margin entire, glabrous, sub-coriaceous; lateral nerves to 25-45 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae scalariform; estipulate; petiole 3-8 cm long, stout, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, white, in terminal corymbose stout cymes. Calyx A cupular, 5 mm; lobes 5, subequal. Corolla 6 cm across; tube 4 cm, expanded 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, subsessile. Fruit an aggregate of 2 follicles, pustulate; seeds winged. m
native range
The Bahamas and the Greater Antilles
distribution
Grown as an ornamental plant in the tropics and subtropics