Tree 4.6 m, dooryard garden, San Andrés.

Uses: boil leaves in water, inhale vapours for flu, coughs, and to ease breathing; boil leaves in water with honey, drink for painful coughs. Comerford 134, 23 Nov 1994.

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Origin

Native to China; planted all over India in gardens.

Action:

Leaves—diuretic, insecticidal antipyretic.

1) COMERFORD, Simon C. Economic Botany. vol. 50 . -- p. 327 - 336 1996.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 661.