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| Latin Names |
English Name |
Sanskrit Name |
Jasminum grandiflorum
Linn. (Oleaceae) /
J. grandiflorum forma grandiflorum (L.)
Kobuski. / J.officinale L. var.
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Grandiflorum Bailey
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Spanish Jasmine |
Jati |
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| History |
It was considered native to the northwestern
Himalayas. It was the chief source of the commercial perfume
in Europe and in Mediterranean countries.
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| Habitat |
It is widely grown in gardens throughout
India. Various types and cultivars are cultivated in a large
scale in India.
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| Morphology
Description (Habit) |
It is a large scrambling
or twining shrub with ribbed branches. The leaves are opposite and
imparipinnately compound. In the leaflets the terminal one is somewhat
larger than laterals. The lateral leaflets are sessile or shortly
petiolate. The distal pair is with broad connate base, confluent with
the terminal. The flowers are borne in lax axillary or terminal cymes,
longer than leaves, white, often tinged with purple on the outside
and delightfully fragrant. The bracts are ovate to spathulate-oblong
and foliaceous. The calyx is glabrous, lobes are 5 in number and subulate.
The corolla lobes are 5 in number and elliptic or obovate.
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| Principal
Constituents |
 The
main odorous components present in Indian oil samples were reported
to be; benzyl acetate (26.3), benzyl benzoate (19.2) phytol (10.6),
jasmone (8.5) and methyl jasmonate (6.3).
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| Toxicology |
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There is no adverse effect on
use of this plant.
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| Indications |
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It is a high-class perfume. The
bulk of the harvested flowers is used in garlands, chaplets and decorative
bunches and for religious offerings. A small quantity is used for
the production of hair oils and attars. The scented oil and attar
from flowers are valued for their cooling effect, in skin diseases,
headache and eye troubles.
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| Product
Range |
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Protein Conditioner.
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