Latin Names: Alstonia Scholaris

English Name(s): Devils Tree

Sanskrit / Indian Name: Saptaparni

Cure for: The bark of Alstonia scholaris is used solely for medicinal purposes, ranging from Malaria and epilepsy to skin conditions and asthma.

In Ayurveda it is used as a bitter and as an astringent herb for treating skin disorders, malarial fever, urticaria, chronic dysentery, diarrhea, in snake bite and for upper purification process of Panchakarma .The  Milky  juice of the tree is applied to ulcers.