Frangipani vine
Scientific name
Chonemorpha fragrans
English Name
Frangipani vine
Malayalam name
പെരുങ്കുരുമ്പ
Common name
Wood vine
Description
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Evergreen forests, sacred grove in the plains
- Leaves : opposite, large, broadly-oblong
- Flowers : terminal lax cymes, large, salver-shaped with lobes broadly rounded
- Fruit : Follicle
How to use
- Skin diseases : Decoction of whole plant if taken internally is useful.
- Take the root of the plant and make a decoction of 30 ml. Syphilis, leprosy and scabies can be cured by drinking it regularly in the morning and in the evening
Parts used
Roots,leaves
Uses
Carminative,digestive,expectorant,antipyretic
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated mainly through seeds.Grows in moist and well-drained soil.It prefer warm tropical and subtropical climates.