Botanical name : Jasminum multiflorum (Brum.f.) Andr.

Family : Oleaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Kundah

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Tikta, Katu, Madhura

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha

Virya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Downy jasmine

Hindi : Kundphul

Malayalam : Kurukkuttimulla, Pichakam

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A large, evergreen twinner shrub. Leaves are simple, ovate, opposite, base rounded or chordate; flowers are whitish, fragrant, seen in terminal and axillary cymes. Fruits are black, globose berries, become black when ripe.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, wounds, ulcers, constipation, flatulence, skin diseases, rheumatism, stomatitis and dysmenorrhoea.

Useful part : Whole plant.