Steinmetz:Plumeria

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Plumeria acuminata

Also known as (or relevant to) Plumeria acuminata Plumeria sucuuba Plumeria acutifolia Plumeria obtua Family Apocynaceae English Names Padoga tree Temple tree Plumeria Jasmine Tree Natural Habitat Indonesia Malaya India Seychelles Philippines China; Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia: tropical America Part(s) Used Cortex Plumeriae acutifoliae

Constituent(s) calcium-salt plumierid (agoniadin) Action treebark: febrifuge; much used in Java against diarrhoea especially for animals; rootbark is strongly purgative. P. S. Some botanists name the tree "Plumeria" instead of Plumiera