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Voacanga thouarsii
Voacanga thouarsii is a small tree from tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar, grown mainly for its fragrant white flowers and ornamental look. It needs a warm, frost-free, fairly bright site and well-drained soil.
Voacanga thouarsii, the wild frangipani, is a species of small tree in the family Apocynaceae.
Voacanga thouarsii grows natively in tropical and southern Africa and in Madagascar. Its habitat is forest and savanna from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft) altitude.
Local medicinal uses of Voacanga thouarsii include as a treatment for wounds, sores, gonorrhoea, eczema, heart problems, hypertension, rheumatism, stomach-ache and snakebite.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Voacanga thouarsii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
