Jasminum angustifolium - Wild Jasmine

❏ Binomial Name : Jasminum angustifolium (L.) Willd.

❏ Synonym : Nyctanthes angustifolia 

❏ Family : Oleaceae

❏ Common Name : Wild Jasmine

❏ Tamil Name : Kattumalligai

❏ Hindi Name : Banmallika

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Jasminum angustifolium Botanical Description

Evergreen, slender woody twiner. Young shoots minutely puberulent or rarely glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, subcoriaceous, lanceolate-narrowly lanceolate, glabrous except for minute puberulence on the midrib above; petiole minutely puberulent above, or rarely glabrous, the opposite pairs forming a slight ridge round the stem; lamina base rounded or attenuate into the petiole; apex acute with small apiculum; margin entire; venation 4-5 pairs of lateral veins, the first pair sometimes obscure, the second and subsequent uniting to form a submarginal vein, or venation sometimes obscure, no acrodomatia. Inflorescence glabrous, terminal on side shoots, 1 or 3-flowered, sometimes supported by a flower from the axil of each of the subtending pair of leaves; Calyx tube 1.5-2 mm long, lobes 5-7, filiform, minutely puberulent on the inner surface. Corolla hypocrateriform, white with exterior of tube often pinkish-vinaceous, at least in bud, fragrant, lobes 8-9, narrow, acute. Fruit a paired berry, black when ripe. Fl. &Fr.:  November-March.

Jasminum angustifolium Medicinal uses

❀ Powdered root mixed with powdered rhizome of Acorus calamus and lime juice is considered a valuable external application in cases of ringworm and herpes.

❀ The juice of the leaves is given as an emetic in cases of poisoning

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