Habitat Nepal, North Bengal, Assam hills, Khasi hifis and Manipur.
Ayurvedic Svarna-yuuthikaa (var.).
Folk Juuhi (yellow var.).
Action See Jasminum humile.
Jasminum humile Linn.
Synonym I. humile auct. non L. I. bignoniaceum Wall ex G. Don.
Family Oleaceae.
Habitat Sub-tropical Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal and in the Nilgiris, Palni Hills, Western Ghats and Kerala.
English Yellow Jasmine, Nepal Jasmine, Italian Jasmine.
Ayurvedic Svarna-yuuthikaa, Svarnaj aati, Hemapushpikaa, Vaasanti.
Siddha/Tamil Semmalligai.
Jasminum flexile Vahl.
Synonym I. azoricum Linn.
Folk Juuhi (yellow var.).
Jasminum officinale Linn. var. grandiflorum (L.) Kobuski.
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Action Flower—astringent, cardiac tonic. Root—used in ringworm. The milky juice, exuded from incisions in the bark, is used for treating chronic fistulas. The plant is also used for treating hard lumps.
The leaves gave alpha-amyrin, betulin, friedelin, lupeol, betulinic, oleanolic and ursolic acids; beta-sitosterol, 1O-cinnamoyloxyoleoside-7-methyl- ester (jasminoside) and a secoiridoid glycoside.
Jasminum malabaricum Wight.
Family Oleaceae.
Habitat Deccan, West Coast, Western Ghats and in the Nilgiris.
Ayurvedic Mudgara.
Folk Mogaraa (var.), Ran-mogaraa.
Action See Jasminum sambac.
Jasminum multiflorum
(Burm. f.) Andr.
Synonym I. pubescens Willd.
I. hirsutum Willd.
I. bracteatum Roxb.
