COMMON NAME: Crape flower, pinwheel flower
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tabernaemontana divaricate
FAMILY: Apocynaceae
HEIGHT: 6 to 8 ft. tall and wide.
ACTIONS: Anthelmintic, Anti-inflammatory, Anodyne, Diuretic.
PROPAGATION: Done through stem cuttings
- Crape jasmine circle is used for gastro-internal, urogenital, and other skin affections.
- Leaves are also used as an ingredient for making cough medicines.
- The flower, leaves, sap, and roots are all used therapeutically.
- Nandyarvatam has a magical ability to cure eye disease and the milky juice of the leaves has anti inflammatory action and can be applied directly over the wounds.
- Decoction of the leaves is an anti-hypertensive and diuretic.
- The milky juice of the leaves along with oil is applied over the forehead for pain present in the eyes.
- The roots are an anodyne hence used to relieve toothache.
- The roots are ground along with water and given internally for intestinal worms.