Pinwheel Flower Plant

Scientific name of Pinwheel Flower Plant: Tabernaemontana divaricata
Name of Pinwheel Flower Plant in different languages:-
English: Crape Jasmine
Sanskrit: Ksheeri, Nandivruksha
Hindi: Chameli, Chandini
Malayalam: Nandiarvattam നന്ത്യാർവട്ടം
Plant description:
It is an evergreen shrub, grows to a height of 5 to 6 feet, leaves are dark green, waxy, up to 6 inches in length, flowers are white, aromatic, found in clusters at the branch tip, and petal crepe, many branched, roots are bitter and contain many of alkaloids which is the useful part in medicines.
Useful plant parts:
Root, flower.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Lanceolate | Margin-Entire | Venation-Reticulated |
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Medicinal uses:
Scabies, eye diseases, anti-diarrheal, kidney stones.
Chemical contents:
Alkaloids such as coronarine, coronaridine, tabernaemontanine, and dregamine.
How to prepare medicines:
For eye diseases flower’s petals keep in water for a while and wash face tree or more time daily