Plumeria RUBRA L.
| Synonym : | Plumeria acuminata W.T.Aiton Plumeria angustifolia A.DC. Plumeria incarnata Mill. Plumeria jamesonii Hook. |
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| Bangla Name : | Gorur-chapa, Gulaich, Golak-champa, Kat-golap, Chalta-golap, Kat-mollika. ,Angara (Marma), Gulchi (Tripura). |
| English Name : | Temple or Pagoda Tree. |
| Family : | Apocynaceae |
| Disease : | Purgative, stimulant, emmenagogue, febrifuge, gonorrhoea , blenorrhagia, diarrhoea, piles, rubefacient, purgative, rheumatism, itch, toothache and swelling. |
| Description : | A small deciduous tree with thick branches and copious milky juice, bark corky, fissured. Leaves 15-30 cm long, oblanceolate, thick. Flowers 5 cm across, white with yellow centre, in terminal peduncled cymes. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens and temples. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Oleanene type triterpenes, plumeric acid and methyl ether plumerates are present in the plant. Bark contains bitter glycosides, plumieride, plumeric acid, ?-sitosterol, lupeol, plumieride, amyrin and fulvoplumierin. Plumericin, isoplumericin, 4-hydroxy ac |
| Uses : | Root bark is drastic purgative, stimulant, emmenagogue and febrifuge, used as a cure for gonorrhoea and venereal sores. It is also used in blenorrhagia, diarrhoea and piles. The latex is rubefacient and purgative, used in rheumatism, itch, toothache and c |
| Habit : | Tree |