Sealed Judgement

                                                                                         Native Foresters



  3.0     SPECIES PROFILE – FRANGIPANI VINE




                        FRANGIPANI VINE – CHONEMORPHA FRAGRANS
                                            Family - Apocynaceae

Woody climber that can grow up to 30 m.
Distribution - wet tropic and subtropics. Native range is India to Indonesia.
Flowers - white fragrant flowers with a golden star shaped centre, flowers late spring to late summer
Fruit – giant pod to 60cm
Cultivation - Seed germination takes 3 to 6 weeks, often poor germination rates, can also propagate from dry
stem cuttings
Semi deciduous in cooler months. Winter dormancy.
Uses
 - Bark and leaves considered poisonous
 - Diverse biological activities including muscle relaxant and antiparasitic properties, used in Ayurvedic
      medicine to treat amoebic dysentery, coughs, constipation, inflammation.
 - fibre from its stem used to make fishing nets




                                           Photo credit – Royal Botanic Gardens Kew   Photo credit – Royal Botanic Gardens Kew




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