Tree to 10 m tall and 20 cm diameter at breast height. Leaves opposite, simple; blade broadly ovate, ca. 10-22 cm long, upper surface shiny green at first, turning red with age, margins entire. Flowers in terminal panicles; corolla pinkish, salverform with 5 lobes, ca. 1.5 cm long, throat covered with whitish pink hairs; stamens 5. Fruit a capsule, oblong, 1-2 cm long; seeds numerous, winged.

Abortifacient, analgesic, anesthetic, anthelminthic, antibacterial, antiinflammatory, antiperiodic, antipyretic, antiseptic, cardiodepressant, cardiotonic, gastrostimulant, hypotensive, oxytocic, stimulant, teratogenic, tonic, uterotonic.

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For adenopathy, anemia, anorexia, asthma, cancer, catarrh, chlorosis, conjunctivosis, debility, dermatosis, diabetes, diarrhea, diphtheria, dysentery, elephantiasis, fever, gastrosis, gonorrhea, headache, hemorrhoid, hiccup, lumbago, neuralgia, neurosis, pertussis, respirosis, rheumatism, rhinosis, sciatica, sore throat, tachycardia, tonsilosis, trachoma, tumor, typhoid, ulcer, varicosis and on wound.