Jasminum ANGUSTIFOLIUM Vahl.
| Synonym : | Jasminum triflorum (Burm.f.) Pers. Mogorium vimineum (Retz.) Lam. Nyctanthes angustifolia L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Ban Mallica. |
| English Name : | Wild Jasmine. |
| Family : | Oleaceae |
| Disease : | Ringworm and herpes. |
| Description : | A shrub. Leaves simple, very variable, 1.3-5 cm, sometimes more, ovate-oval or oval-lanceolate, rounded at base, sometimes attenuate, obtuse or acute. Flowers on long slender pedicels, solitary or more usually in threes at the ends of short, lateral divaricate twigs. Corolla-tube about 1.6 cm long. Fruits about 8 mm, broadly ovoid. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Flowers gave positive test for indole (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| 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. |
| Habit : | Shrub |