Name -
स्वर्णजातिका
Botanical name -
Jasminum auriculatum
Description -
Hairy scandent shrubs. Leaves simple, sometimes 3-foliolate; lower 2 leaflets reduced or absent. Flowers white, fragrant, in compound lax cymes. Berry globose, black.
Chemical Constituents-
Leaves contain jasmone, jasminol, lupeol, D-mannitol, n-triacontanol, hentriacontane and epilupeol. Flowers yield essential oil.
Use -
Flowers used in consumption.
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