Barcode: CAL0000009452

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Family: APOCYNACEAE

Scientific Name: Plumeria rubra L.

Collector: N.P. Balakrishnan

Country: India

Uses: Bark is stimulant and its decoction is used as a purgative, febrifuge, and emmenagogue. Bark is used in dropsical and venereal infections and is said to be a powerful antiherpatic. Latex is rubefacient and purgative; and is used for treatment of itch, rheumatism,and gum troubles. Roots are cathartic.