Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.
MS084 : Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 405 |
| Synonym | : | Bruschia macrocarpa Bertol.;
Nyctanthes dentata Blume.;
Nyctanthes tristis Salisb., nom. superfl.;
Parilium arbor-tristis (L.) Gaertn.;
Scabrita scabra L.;
Scabrita triflora L.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Parijatak, K- Karsali, Har singar, Coral Jasmine, Tree of Sorrow, Queen of the night • Bengali: Shefali, Shiuli, Parijat • Hindi: Har singar, Shefali, Parijat • Manipuri: Singarei • Tamil: Pavizhamalli • Malayalam: Paarijatam • Sanskrit: Parijat |
| Plant Family | : | Oleaceae |
| Description | : | A deciduous shrub or small tree, some times found in forest fringe as escape. Branchlets pubescent, 4-angled. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, distantly toothed or entire, coriaceous, scabrid, base rounded, cuneate or acute. Flowers white, sweet scented, sessile, 3-7 together on hairy quadrangular peduncles arranged in cymose panicles. Calyx tube funnel shaped, 4-5 toothed; corolla tube cylindrical, orange red, lobes white, 5-8, contorted in bud. Anthers subsesile near the mouth of the corolla tube. Ovary two celled, style cylindric,bifid. Fruit is a compressed orbicular capsule. It is a very common ornamental species planted in many places for its fragrant flower. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Western bordering belt of Tiger reserve from Akot and Harisal ranges |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The bitter leaves are useful as a cholagogue, laxative, diaphoretic and diuretic. An extract is given to children for the expulsion of roundworms and threadworms. An anti-inflammatory activity of the leaves has been recorded recently. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: mannitol; emmenagogue; alpha-amyrin; beta-sitosterol; benzoic acid; kaempferol; cyclohexylethanoid; rengyolone; arborside C; 6b-hydroxyloganin; nyctanthoside; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Beta-sitosterol; Kaempferol; Alpha-amyrin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265609
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Nyctanthes+arbor-tristis
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Har%20Singar.html
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228910520 |
| Reference | : | ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Oleaceae |
| Genus | : Nyctanthes |
| Species | : Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. |