Origin: Native to South America, cultivated in the Asia-Pacific and the Pacific for its quality wood.

Pharmacological Activities: Antimalarial, Antihypertensive and Antidiarrhoeal

A guide to medicinal plants / Hwee Ling, Koh; Tung Kian, Chua; Chay Hoon, Tan. Singapore:  World vScientific Public Co. Pte. Ltd., 2009. p 289 p.