Plant Id : 81
Plant Name : Nosegay
Scientific Name : Plumeria alba
Family Name : Apocynaceae
Location : Principal Office Lawn
Properties : P. alba 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 which 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 or as a laxative
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