Distribution and Habitat: Found throughout   Kerala, Indo- Malasia 

Botany: Shrub to small tree, epiphytic when young. Bark greyish-brown, rough, cracked. 

• Leaves: 12.7-25.4cm x 7.6-15.2 cm, obovate-oval, tapering to base, rounded at apex, glabrous, dark green and shining above, paler beneath.
• Flowers: Cream coloured, 7.6-10.2 cm long, in trichotomous cymes. Corolla lobes less than half as long as tube recurved.
• Fruit: 3.8-5 cm, ovoid, apiculate, smooth, shining; seeds many, dark brown, ovoid.  It flowers and fruits at all times.

Properties: Antipyretic, anti-oxidant, antibacterial

Chemical constituents: Saponins, flavanoids, sterols. scopoletin is present in bark. 

Propagation: stem cuttings