Plant Id : 326
Plant Name : Champa
Scientific Name : Plumeria alba
Family Name : Apocynaceae
Location : Computer Block
Properties : It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. In Cambodia pagodas especially choose this shrub, with the flowers used in ritual offerings to the deities, they are sometimes used to make necklaces that decorate coffins. In addition, the flowers are edible and eaten as fritters, while the heart of the wood is part of a traditional medical preparation taken as a vermifuge (anti-parasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms) or as a laxative (used to treat and prevent constipation).
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