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Pavetta indica
Also called Indian Pelletshrub
Pavetta indica is a shrub or small tree of the coffee family (Rubiaceae) found across South and Southeast Asia, grown mainly for its traditional medicinal uses. It is best treated as a wet-tropical garden plant, since its cultivation needs are not well documented.
Pavetta indica is a plant commonly found in South and Southeast Asia, including in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
The entire plant used medicinally as a bitter tonic, diuretic, inflammation, rheumatism, jaundice and ulcer. In the indigenous system of medicine, it is reported that the decoction of the leaves are used to relieve haemorrhoidal pain, as a lotion for nose, analgesic, antipyretic, appetizer and the ulceration of mouth. In literature, it has been reported as an antibacterial, antiviral and antimalarial. It showed analgesic activity for the ethanolic leaf extract on laboratory animals.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
