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'''Parijata''', is a large shrub or small tree with spreading branches, growing up to 10 metres tall. The plant is particularly valued for its flowers which are used in traditional medicine, as a dye and a source of an essential oil. The plant has very fragrant flowers and is widely cultivated as an ornamental in tropical and subtropical regions all over the world. It is often planted near Hindu temples in India and Sri Lanka, as well as in Malaysia and Indonesia.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Sciatica}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Difficulty in micturition}}, {{Uses|Poisoning}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=harisringi, paarijaatha, parijataka|ml=manjapumaram, parijatakam, pavilamalli|sa=harasimgara, kharapatraka, parijata, sephalika|ta= pavazha-malli, pavilamalligai |te=krishnavaeni, shvethasurasa, parijatamu, pagadamalle|hi=harshingar, seoli, sephalika, siharu, |en=Coral Jasmine}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|leaves decussate-opposite; petioles 5-20 mm long, not articulate, short-pubescent; leaf blades ovate or those near the flowers sometimes oblong, 3.5-13 cm long, 2-9 cm wide, apically acute or acuminate, basally rounded or cordate to cuneate, marginally varying from entire to very coarsely and unequally glandular-dentate or serrate on the lower portions, angular-lobed, very scabrous above with whitish bulbous-based hairs, only the bases persisting, densely short-pubescent beneath}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary or terminal panicle|Pale yellow||The flowers are fragrant, with a five- to eight-lobed white corolla with an orange-red centre; they are produced in clusters of two to seven together, with individual flowers opening at dusk and finishing at dawn.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|2 cm long and wide, 3-4 mm wide|compressed, usually shortly mucronate at the apex, 2-celled, 2-valved, opening transversely from the apex; seeds 1 per cell, compressed.||}}
===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:Nyctanthes arbor-tristis - Night-flowering jasmine Trivandrum 2014 (8).jpg|Leaves
File:Nyctanthes arbor-tristis - Night-flowering jasmine Trivandrum 2014 (3).jpg|Flower
File:Fruit of the Parijat plant (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis), Kolkata, India - 20070130.jpg|Capsules
File:Nyctanthes Arbortristis.jpg|Flowers
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2016/11/30/parijatha-nyctanthes-arbor-tristis-night-jasmine-coral-jasmine/ 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://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Nyctanthes+arbor-tristis Uses]
* [http://www.florajournal.com/archives/?year=2016&vol=4&issue=4&part=A&ArticleId=278]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
'''Parijata''', is a large shrub or small tree with spreading branches, growing up to 10 metres tall. The plant is particularly valued for its flowers which are used in traditional medicine, as a dye and a source of an essential oil. The plant has very fragrant flowers and is widely cultivated as an ornamental in tropical and subtropical regions all over the world. It is often planted near Hindu temples in India and Sri Lanka, as well as in Malaysia and Indonesia.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Sciatica}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Difficulty in micturition}}, {{Uses|Poisoning}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=harisringi, paarijaatha, parijataka|ml=manjapumaram, parijatakam, pavilamalli|sa=harasimgara, kharapatraka, parijata, sephalika|ta= pavazha-malli, pavilamalligai |te=krishnavaeni, shvethasurasa, parijatamu, pagadamalle|hi=harshingar, seoli, sephalika, siharu, |en=Coral Jasmine}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|leaves decussate-opposite; petioles 5-20 mm long, not articulate, short-pubescent; leaf blades ovate or those near the flowers sometimes oblong, 3.5-13 cm long, 2-9 cm wide, apically acute or acuminate, basally rounded or cordate to cuneate, marginally varying from entire to very coarsely and unequally glandular-dentate or serrate on the lower portions, angular-lobed, very scabrous above with whitish bulbous-based hairs, only the bases persisting, densely short-pubescent beneath}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary or terminal panicle|Pale yellow||The flowers are fragrant, with a five- to eight-lobed white corolla with an orange-red centre; they are produced in clusters of two to seven together, with individual flowers opening at dusk and finishing at dawn.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|2 cm long and wide, 3-4 mm wide|compressed, usually shortly mucronate at the apex, 2-celled, 2-valved, opening transversely from the apex; seeds 1 per cell, compressed.||}}
===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:Nyctanthes arbor-tristis - Night-flowering jasmine Trivandrum 2014 (8).jpg|Leaves
File:Nyctanthes arbor-tristis - Night-flowering jasmine Trivandrum 2014 (3).jpg|Flower
File:Fruit of the Parijat plant (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis), Kolkata, India - 20070130.jpg|Capsules
File:Nyctanthes Arbortristis.jpg|Flowers
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2016/11/30/parijatha-nyctanthes-arbor-tristis-night-jasmine-coral-jasmine/ 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://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Nyctanthes+arbor-tristis Uses]
* [http://www.florajournal.com/archives/?year=2016&vol=4&issue=4&part=A&ArticleId=278]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
