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Malti Plants

Description

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Malti plants are reddish in colour. As they grow, the normal green colour appears. In a mature creeper, the stem becomes woody and thorns appear. Once established, it hardly dies.
Under good growing conditions , it is typically seen with lush and fresh green foliage or cascading branches with numerous axillary and terminal drooping racemose inflorescence that is simply spectacular.

Color: Clusters of fragrant white pendulous trumpets open white then change to pink, red and finally a deep maroon. White, pink and red.
Bloom time: February to May and August to November.
Height: Creep 2.5 to 8 meters.
Difficulty level: Easy.

The growth rate is generally fast, and the plant does not make heavy fertilizer demands. Rangoon creeper does like medium to bright light. Under good conditions it will be necessary to prune the plant to keep it in bounds. Rangoon creeper is found in thickets or secondary forests of the Philippines, India and Malaysia. It has since been cultivated widely in the gardens as an easy to grow plant.

Medicinal use:

  • The plant besides being an ornamental plant preferred by gardeners , is a good source of medicines for various ailments:
    The plant is mainly used for traditional medicine .
  • Decoction of the root , seed or fruit can be used as anthelmintic to expel parasitic worms or for alleviating diarrhoea .
  • Fruit decoction can also be used for gargling against toothache .
  • Leaves can be used to relieve pain caused by fever .
  • The roots are used to treat rheumatism .
  • Plant is used as a cough cure .
  • Leaves are applied to the head to relieve headache ; decoction of boiled leaves is used to relieve flatulent distention of the abdomen .
  • Leaves and fruits are reported to be anthelmintic and also used for nephritis .
  • It has antipyretic activity and has anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulatory properties .