Dilip Walse Patil

Scientific Name : Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton

Category : Angiosperms

Status : Alive

Habit : A suberect shrub, scarcely climbing, young branches pubescent. Leaves : Opposite, membranous, variable in shape, broadly ovate or elliptic, obtuse, entire, glabrous, base rounded or subcordate, main nerves 4-6 pairs, petiole hairy. Inflorescence : Solitary or 3-flowered terminal cymes. Flowers : White, fragrant, pedicellate, bracteates. Bracts linear-subulate, pedicels hairy. Calyx hairy, teeth 5-9, linear-subulate. Corolla lobes as long as the tube, narrowly oblong, acute or obtuse. Fruits : Ripe Carpels 1-2 subglobose, black surrounded by the suberect calyx-teeth. Flowering and Fruiting Time : More or less throughout the year. Significance : The plant is considered cool and sweet. It is used in cases of insanity, weakness of sight and affections of mouth. The leaves and flowers are considered valuable as a lactifuge. The applications of bruished material to the breasts arrests secretion of milk in the puerperal state in cases of threatened abscess. Dried leaves soaked in water and made into poultice are used in indolent ulcers.