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Specimen profile
Indian Privet
Jasminum multiflorum · Oleaceae
Skt · Kundah — “Pure white cluster-blossom”Hindi · KundaMal · KattumullaTam · Kasturi Malli
A velvety climbing shrub bearing star-like scentless white flowers prized in managing ulcers, skin ulcers, and poisonous bites.
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Jasminum multiflorum is an attractive climbing or scandent shrub covered with soft downy tomentum on branchlets and calyxes. Valued in classical Ayurvedic toxicology and dermatology, its flowers and leaves are considered effective Vishaghna and Vranashodhana agents. It frequently forms the botanical source of the celebrated classical flower Kunda.
Identification markers
Ovate velvety-pubescent leaves; terminal clusters of pure white, star-shaped flowers with pointed lobes and downy calyx teeth; velvety stems.
Rasa
Tikta, Kashaya
Guna
Laghu, Ruksha
Virya
Sheeta
Vipaka
Katu
Prabhava
Vishaghna
Dosha effect
PK- V+
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