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Common Name : Orange Jasmine, Chinese Box

Hindi Name : कामिनी | Scientific Name : Murraya paniculata
Family : Rutaceae
Uses : In Chinese medicine, a decoction of the leaves is taken to treat bruises, chronic dysentery, stomach ache, swellings and skin irritations. It is also used to relieve pain. Leaves are also used in other countries as a tonic, to cure toothache and herpes and to expel tapeworms in Malaysia; as a stimulant in Indonesia; to increase the menstrual flow and to treat diarrhoea and dysentery in the Philippines; and for fever and dysentery in Indochina. The fruits and barks are sometimes also used medicinally.
Native: India
General Description:

Kamini flowers have an aromatic orange-like fragrance. Kamini is a large, multi-trunked shrub, but can grow to become a small tree. It can be pruned and also grown as garden hedge. The evergreen leaflets are dark green and pinnately compound with 3-9 leaflets arranged alternately along the spine. The dark green leaves make a dramatic backdrop for the highly fragrant cream-colored flowers. The shrub blooms most of the year. The flowers are followed by small oval red fruits with 1-2 seeds. The shrub is usually propagated from seed.