Botanical name : Jasminum grandiflorum Linn.

Family : Oleaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Malati, Jati

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya, Katu

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha

Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Spanish jasmine, Common jasmine, Catalonian jasmine

Hindi : Chameli, Jati

Malayalam : Pichakam, Pichakamulla

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A large, nearly glabrous twinning evergreen shrub. Leaves are imparipinnately compound, opposite, terminal leaflets are larger than laterals, ovate-lanceolate, flowers are whitish, fragrant, seen in terminal and axillary cymes. Fruits are elliptic, globose berries, become black when ripe.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated vata, migraine, paralysis, wounds, ulcers, constipation, flatulence, skin diseases, odontalgia, stomatitis and dysmenorrhoea.

Useful part : Whole plant.