HEALTH BENEFITS OF PAVALAMALLI (NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS)
Pavalamalli Pavalamalli is a popular medicinal plant having lots of medicinal properties used for treating various diseases in Indian system of alternative medicines like Siddha, Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Home remedies. This herb belongs to the family of oleaceae and native to India, now it is widely distributed in tropical and sub tropical regions of the Asian continent. It is grown as an ornamental plant in the house gardens of Tamil Nadu, India. This herb is commonly known as night flowering jasmine , coral jasmine in English , Parijata in Sanskrit and Kannada, Harsingar in Hindi and Bengali, Parijatakam in Malayalam, Parijathak in Marathi, Pavalamalli or Parijatham in Tamil. Pavalamalli is a shrub or a small tree which grows up to 10 meters in height with flaky grey bark. The leaves are opposite, simple which are 6 to 21 cm long and 2 to 6.5 cm broad with entire margin. The flowers are fragrant with five to eight lobed white corolla with an orange red center
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