Hindi: Safed patra
Malayalam: Vellilam-വെള്ളിലം, Vellilathaly-വെള്ളിലത്താളി
Dhobi Tree-Mussaenda Frontosa-is a small shrub, erect, branching, commonly in Western ghats, plane areas, wastelands, and forests, grows up to 2 meters tall, leaves are simple, tapered on both ends, is dark green, and the stem is purple-green, branched. The flowers are deep yellow or orange, tubular, in clusters, just below the flowers there is a white leaf among the green leaves.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Elongated | Margin-Entire | Venation-Pinnate |
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Useful plant parts:
Young leaves, root.
Medicinal uses:
Used as herbal shampoo, to treat fever, wounds, cough, jaundice, bronchitis, leucoderma, cough, wounds, ulcers, pruritus, jaundice.
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