Bio Diversity Park

Common Name : Temple Tree

Hindi Name : गोलाचिन | Scientific Name : Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia
Family : Apocynaceae
Uses : It is commonly grown for their ornamental purpose. The flowers are aromatic, and used as very popular pectoral syrup. The latex of the plant is used in toothache. It has anxiolytic, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiviral, antioxidant, cytotoxic, hypolipidemic, hepatoprotective, antifertility, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, proteolytic activities.
Native: Tropical America
General Description:

It is intensely fragrant, lovely, spiral-shaped, reddish blooms which appear at branch tips June through November. The tree itself is rather unusual in appearance; the 12 to 20in long, coarse, deciduous leaves cluster only at the tips of the rough, blunt, sausage-like, thick, grey-green branches. Branches are upright and rather crowded on the trunk forming a vase or umbrella shape with age. They are rather soft and brittle and can break but are usually sturdy unless they are mechanically hit or disturbed. The crown loses its leaves for a short time during the winter displaying the coarse-textured, stubby branches. A milky sap is exuded from the branches when they are bruised or punctured.