Common Name
English :Spainish Jasmine
Hindi :Chameli
Manipuri :Jati kooppi
Scientific Name
Group :Angiosperm (Dicotyledon)
Family :Oleaceae
Genus :Jasminum
Species :grandiflorum Linn.
Habit :Climbing shrub
Parts Used :Whole plant
Mode of Preparation :Fresh leaves crushed with water for juice.
Mode of use :Fresh and Local Application.
Ingredients :Plant contains linayl acetate, benzyl benzoate, benzyl alcohol, geraniol, benzaldehyde and jasmone. Jasmine oil is obtained from the flower.
Ailment Treated:Fresh leaves chewed in ulceration of the mouth. Plant is astringent, antiseptic, depurative, diuretic, anthelmintic and supurative. The roots are used in paralysis, mental debility, chronic constipation, ring worm and leprosy. Fresh leaf juice is used in fixing loose teeth, skin diseases, ulcer, wounds and burns.
Source:Cultivated as an ornamental plant.
