Duranta plumieri Health Dictionary

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Duranta Plumieri: From 1 Different Sources

Jacq.

Synonym: Duranta repens Linn.

Family: Verbenaceae.

Habitat: Cultivated as a hedge plant.

Folk: Durantaa.

Action: Antifungal (topically).

The leaves contain a saponin and fruits an alkaloid analogous to narco- tine. Macerated fruits, which even in dilutions of 1 : 100 parts of water, is lethal to mosquito larvae (the action is less marked on Culicine larvae.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Plumeria Acuminata

Ait.

Family: Apocynaceae.

Habitat: Native to Mexico; cultivated in Indian gardens.

English: Pagoda tree.

Action: Root bark—used in herpes, sexually transmitted diseases. Bark—stimulant, emmenagogue. Root—violent cathartic. Latex— purgative, rubefacient.

Iridoids are present in the leaf, stem, flower and root. Plumieride glucoside has been isolated from all parts of the plant. The plumeric acid, isolated from leaves, exhibits promising cytotoxic activity.

Fulvoplumierin (a pigment) inhibits the growth of various strains of My- cobacterium tuberculosis.... plumeria acuminata

Plumeria Alba

Linn.

Family: Apocynaceae.

Habitat: Native to West Indies; cultivated in Indian gardens.

English: White Champa.

Ayurvedic: Kshira Champaka (white-flowered var.).

Siddha/Tamil: Perumal Arali, Seemai Arali.

Action: Root bark—used in blenn- orrhagia. Bark and latex—used externally in herpes, syphilitic ulcers and scabies. Seed—haemostatic.

The root gave iridoids—iso-plu- mericin, plumericin, plumieride, plu- mieride coumarate and its glucoside. The bark gave alpha-and beta-amyrin and their acetates, beta-sitosterol, sco- poletin and plumieride. The flowers also contain plumieride coumarate and its glucoside, in addition to quercetin derivatives.... plumeria alba

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