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Jasminum sambac - Mallika

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{{stub}}[[File:Melati Putih (Jasminum sambac), Bandung, Jawa Barat.jpg|thumb|right|''Mallika'', ''Jasminum sambac '']]'''Mallika''' is widely cultivated in the tropics, especially in India and adjacent regions to China and southeast Asia. It is valued for the very fragrant, white flowers which are used for decoration; for the essential oil obtained from the flowers; for use as a condiment; and also for medicinal use
==Uses==
{{Uses|Improves complexion}}, {{Uses|Dental problems}}, {{Uses|Headache}}, {{Uses|Skin problems}}, {{Uses|Conjunctivitis}}
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaf}}, {{Parts Used|Flower}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=aelusutthina mallige, chendu mallige, dundu mallige|ml=cherupiccakam, nalla-mulla, nallamalli, pichakamulla|sa=atigandha, bhadravalli, gauri, malli, mallika, mrigeshta, navamalika|ta=atukkumallikai, kuntumallikai|te=boddumalle, gundumalle, manmathha baanamunavamallika|hi=mogra|en=Arabian jasmine}}
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Slimy)
===Veerya===
Ushna (cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Climber}}
 
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves opposite or in whorls of three, entire, elliptic or broad elliptic to sub-orbicular, obtuse or acute, very variable in size, up to 9 cm long and 6 cm broad, glabrous, shining above; nerves prominent beneath. Petiole short, pubescent }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal cymes|White||pedicels up to 6 mm; bracts linear, up to 6 mm long. Calyx teeth 5-9, c. 1 cm long, V-shaped, pubescent. Corolla white, simple or double, tube 1 cm long, lobes 5-9, oblong, acute or obtuse, or orbicular under cultivation, 1.5 cm long.}}
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Berry|6 mm||black when ripe, surrounded by the suberect subulate calyx teeth.|}}
 
===Other features===
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
 
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
 
 
===Season to grow===
 
===Soil type===
 
 
===Propagation===
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
 
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:മുല്ലപ്പൂക്കൾ.JPG|Flowers
File:Jasminum sambac - Kolkata 2011-04-04 2218 cropped.jpg|Double form flowers
File:Jasminum sambac 15zz.jpg|Leaves
File:Jasminum sambac 10zz.jpg|Buds
</gallery>
 
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2016/11/30/jati-jasminum-grandiflorum-sambac-jasminum-officinale/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
 
==External Links==
* [http://natureconservation.in/traditional-and-medicinal-uses-of-mogra-jasminum-sambac/]
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Jasminum+sambac]
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