PlantFiles: Lettuce Tree
Pisonia alba

The lettuce tree can be grown as a large shrub. The leaves have medicinal properties. They are used to treat rheumatisma and arthritis in India. The leaves when eaten are used to expel flatulance. The leaves when coated with eau de cologne and are used as compresses on large swellings.
The lettuce tree comes from the Beach forests of Andaman Islands. It thrives in sandy soil and when planted in bright sunlight, the leaves acquire a light yellow colour.

Pissonia Alba can be grown in pots and it also makes a good hedge when planted closely together. It looks great planted along side the russet coloured acalypha wilkesiana. :)