N. 0. 0LEA0E.E. 
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N. 0. OLEACEiE. 
732. Jasminum Sambac, Ait., h.e.b.i., iii. 591. 
Syn. : — J. Zambac, Roxb. — 30. 
Sans. — Varshiki. 
Vern. :~-Chamba, mugra, bela(Hind.); Mallickaphul, bel 
(Beng.); Mallippu (Tam.) ; Mogri, bht't mogri (Bom.) ; Mullige 
(Kan). Sapai, mali (Burm.t. 
Habitat : — Much cultivated throughout India. 
A scandent shrub. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves simple, 
opposite, or sometimes ternate, thinly membranous, varying from 
l-5in., acute or obtuse, short petioled, ovate, nearly glab- 
rous, base cuneate or rounded, nerves beneath pubescent 
or glabrous, primary nerve often tufted in the axils beneath ; 
secondary nerves distinct; petioles £in. Cymes lax, terminal, 
sometimes solitary, about 3-flowered, pubescent, many flowered 
in cultivation. Bracts 0-£, linear. Flowers white, very fragrant. 
Calyx-teeth subulate, yin., pubescent, in cultivation often nearly 
glabrous. Corolla-tube fin., lobes as long as the tube, oblong, 
acute or obtuse, or in cultivation orbicular. Ripe carpels nearly 
globose, 1 or 2, fin. diam., black, surrounded by the suberect 
subulate Calyx- teeth. 
Uses : — “ Considered by natives cool and sweet : used as a 
remedy in cases of insanity, in weakness of sight, and affections 
of mouth ” (Baden-Powell). 
In Goa, the root of the wild variety is used as an emmena- 
gogue (Dymock). 
The flowers, according to the report of Mr. J. Wood, pos- 
sess considerable power as a lactifuge ; he speaks of them as 
effectual in arresting the secretion of milk in the puerperal 
state, in cases of threatened abscess. For this purpose, about 
two or three handfuls of the flowers are bruised, and unmois- 
tened are applied to each breast, and renewed once or twice a 
day. The secretion is sometimes arrested in twenty-four hours, 
though this generally requires two or even three days. Mr. 
Wood speaks of this fact as being well-known at Madras 
(Ph. lnd.). 
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