Ayurvedic Nava-mallikaa.
Siddha/Tamil Nagamalli.
342 Jasminum auriculatum Vahi.
Folk Chameli (var.), Maalati (var.).
Action Leaves—astringent and stomachic. Juice of the leaves, with pepper, garlic and other stimulants, is used as an emetic in obstruction of the bronchial tubes due to viscid phlegm.
Jasminum auriculatum Vahl.
Family Oleaceae.
Habitat Assam, Mizoram,
Meghalaya and Western Ghats.
Ayurvedic Maalati (var.).
Siddha/Tamil Ramabanam mullai.
Folk Chameli (var.).
Action See Jasminum officinale.
Family Oleaceae.
Habitat Cultivated throughout India, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. In Uttar Pradesh, cultivated on commercial scale in Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Farrukhabad and Kannauj for its fragrant flowers which yield an essential oil.
Ayurvedic Yuuthikaa, Yuuthi, Mugdhee.
Siddha/Tamil Usimalligai.
Folk Juuhi.
Action See Jasminum hum ile.
The leaves gave lupeol, its epimer, hentriacontane and n-tricantanol, a triterpenoid, jasminol; d-mannitol; volatile constituent, jasmone. The pin type pointed flower buds (long styled) on solvent extraction yielded higher concrete content rich in indole and methyl anthranilate, whereas thrum type (short styled) buds yield higher absolute with benzyl acetate as the prominent constituent.
Jasminum heterophyllum
Roxb. non-Moench.
Family Oleaceae.
