An endemic shrub of scrublands and secondary forest lands of the
moist low country. Often cultivate in home gardens due to its sweet scented
flowers blooming all the year round. In traditional medicine this plant is used
to treat tonsillitis and bronchial diseases and flowers are used to cure the Russel’s viper bite.
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