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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G.Don (APOCYNACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Bitter Oleander, Easter Tree, Jasmine Tree

Description

Evergreen shrub to small tree to 15 m tall. Leaves opposite. Flowers in clusters of white flowers, 1-2 cm long, very fragrant. Fruits in paired follicles, pendulous, 18-43 cm long.

Ecology

An understory plant of the deciduous forest.

Distribution

Native in subcontinental India to Indochina and south China.

Uses

It is often cultivated as an ornamental and known as a medicinal plant.