Dosage Dried leaves—10—20 g powder for decoction (API, Vol. III.); Juice—10—20 ml. (CCRAS.).
Jasminum rottlerianum
Wall. exDC.
Family Oleaceae.
Habitat Western Peninsula, from Konkan southwards to Kerala.
Ayurvedic Vana-mallikaa.
Siddha/Tamil Erumaimullai,
Kattumalligei, Uyyakondan.
Action Leaf—used in eczema.
iasminum sambac (Linn.) Ait.
Family Oleaceae.
Habitat Cultivated throughout India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, on a large scale in Jaunpur, Kannauj, Ghazipur and Farrukhabad for its fragrant flowers.
English Arabian Jasmine, Tuscan Jasmine, Double Jasmine.
Ayurvedic Mallikaa, Madayanti, Madyantikaa, Nava-Mallikaa,
Shita-bhiru, Vaarshiki.
Unani Mograa.
Siddha Malligai.
Folk Belaa, Motiaabelaa; Mogaraa (Maharashtra).
Action Root—emmenagogue,
blood purifier. Flowers—lactifuge.
Alcoholic extract—hypotensive.
Leaves—antibacterial; used against indolent and breast tumours.
The leaves contain the secoiridoid glycosides, j asminin, quercitrin, isoquercitrin, rutin, quercitrin-3- dirhamnoglycoside, kaempferol-3 -rhamnoglycoside, mannitol, alpha-amyrin, beta-sitosterol and an iridoid glycoside, sambacin. The absolute contains several pyridine and nicotinate derivatives.
Dosage Decoction—50—100 ml. (CCRAS.)
iateorhiza palmata Miers.
Synonym I. calumba Miers. Family Men ispermaceae.
Habitat Indigenous to south-east tropical Africa. Imported into
India.
English Calumba, Colombo.
