Tabernaemontana DIVARICATA (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
| Synonym : | Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill Jasminum zeylanicum Burm.f. Nerium coronarium Jacq. Reichardia jasminoides Dennst. |
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| Bangla Name : | Tagar, Dudhphul. ,Salu, Boyomaa baajaa (Marma). |
| English Name : | Wax Flower. |
| Family : | Apocynaceae |
| Disease : | Paralysis ,strangury,toothache |
| Description : | A dichotomously branched bushy shrub with milky latex. Leaves opposite, 7.5-15 cm long, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers 2.5-5 cm across, white, in solitary or twin 1-8 flowered cymes at the bifurcations of the branches. Fruits 2 divaricate follicles, 2.5-3.8 cm long, narrowed in to a slender curved beak, bright red within. |
| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh in forests and village thickets. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Root contains a large number of indole alkaloids including coronaridine (cytotoxic), coronaridine hydroxyindolenine, voacangine, vocangine hydroxyindolenine heyneanine, voacristine, 3-oxocoronaridine, 3-oxovoacangine, voacristine hydroxyindolenine, 19S-he |
| Uses : | Roots are emmenagogue, aphrodisiac, tonic, purgative, astringent to the bowels and tonic to the brains, liver and spleen, useful in paralysis and strangury, lessens pain in the limbs and the joints. The roots when chewed relieve toothache. Wood is refrige |
| Habit : | Shrub |