TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Polyalthia erecta
Nom-noiFamily: Annonaceae
Origin: Tropical Asia
Small bushy tree or shrub with 1-2" yellow fragrant flowers followed by dark red fruit. It is used medicinally in Asia: roots are remedy for stiff stomach muscels, producing milk in breastfeeding.
Similar plants:
- Maasia glauca, Monoon glaucum, Polyalthia glauca, Polyalthia merrittii, Polyalthia parkinsonii, Unona merrittii, Uvaria glauca (Maasia)
- Monoon hookerianum, Polyalthia hookeriana (Monoon)
- Monoon sclerophyllum, Polyalthia sclerophylla (Polyalthia)
- Polyalthia australis (Polyalthia)
- Polyalthia longifolia (Telegraph Pole Tree, Ashoka, Mast Tree)
- Polyalthia sp. (Polyalthia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/polyalthia_erecta.htm