Multipurpose Ornamental Plant Plumeria rubra Linn (Apocynaceae)

Authors

  • Sunita Verma  Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Keywords:

Ornamental, Ayurveda, Multipurpose

Abstract

Plumeria rubra are commonly grown as ornamental plants in parks and home gardens because of their beautiful fragrant flowers of various color and size. Plumeria rubra is one of the plants which have been used in traditional medicine for many years. The plant is known to possess biological activities viz., antipyretic, antifungal, antiviral, analgesic, anticancer, antioxidative and hypolipidemic, proteolytic, cytotoxic activities etc.  The present review gives an account of updated information of the botanical, phytochemical and pharmacology aspects of Plumeria rubra.

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2016-08-30

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Volume 2, Issue 4, July-August-2016

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Sunita Verma, " Multipurpose Ornamental Plant Plumeria rubra Linn (Apocynaceae), International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp.646-649, July-August-2016.