Accession Data

Tabernaemontana divaricata

Common Name: Pinwheel Flower

Family: Apocynaceae

Country of Origin: Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

Description: [syn. T. coronaria (Jacq.) Willd.]

Uses: Medicinal: All plant parts are used in Aryuvedic, Chinese and Thai Traditional Medicine. Studies have shown properties including: antioxidant, antitumor, anti-infection, analgesic. In Ayurveda, this plant is considered to pacify Vata and Pitta vedas. The flowers can be prepared for hypotension, skin diseases, aches and pains. Some properties are also known to help with cancer.

For eye ailments: a paste is made with juice extraction from the flower buds and mixed with breast milk then put on the eyes. Soaking the buds in water and using this to wash the face is also traditionally used to clean vision problems.

The a compound known as conolidine has been associated with this plant. The compound is an analgesic which may explain the pain relief properties of the plant.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10b-11

Accession #: 198500462

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1210

Quantity: 3

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

SubFamily: Rauvolfioideae

Tribe: Tabernaemontaneae

SubTribe: Tabernaemontaninae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Nature News - Published online 23 May 2011 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2011.313. Last accessed on Thursday, February 08, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, February 08, 2018.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, February 08, 2018.
  4. Chandni- Natural Morphine Effect Against Pain Pub. 2012. Last accessed on Thursday, February 08, 2018.
  5. S. Kumari, A. Mazumder, S. Bhattacharya Pharmacognostical And Antimicrobial Studies of the Stem Of Tabernaemontana Divarcata Linn Int J Pharm Pharm Sci, Vol 7, Issue 8, 101-104. Last accessed on Thursday, February 08, 2018.

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Tabernaemontana divaricata
Tabernaemontana divaricata