Origin:
Native to Madagascar; grown in gardens and avenues for ornamental purposes and for shade.
Action:
Bark—antiperiodic, febrifuge.
Plant—antirheumatic, spasmogenic.
Flowers (aqueous and alcoholic extract)—active against roundworm.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.