Jasminum SCANDENS Vahl.
| Synonym : | Jasminum laetum Wall. ex G.Don Mogorium scandens (Retz.) Lam. Nyctanthes scandens Retz. |
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| Bangla Name : | Jongli jui (B),Muichchaludi (Chakma), Kao Rong (Murong). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Oleaceae |
| Disease : | Ringworm and eye diseases. |
| Description : | A scandent shrub with drooping branches. Leaves opposite, 4-9 cm long, ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, entire, base rounded. Cymes subcapitate, pubescent, dense, often on short axillary branches. Flowers white, fragrant. Fruit about 8 mm long, ellipsoid. |
| Distribution : | In the forests of Dhaka, Sylhet, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Roots are useful in the treatment of ringworm. Leaves are used for eye diseases in Khagrachari of Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Habit : | Shrub |