Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews, 1807

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 130

Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews

Names.

Myanmar: kadawn, kadawnla, sabe-hmwe-sok, tawsabe. English: downy jasmine.

Range.

India. In Myanmar found in Chin, Kachin, Shan, and Yangon.

Uses.

Leaf: Used to treat ulcers. Root: Used for snakebite.

Notes.

In India a poultice is made from dried leaves soaked in water and placed on indolent ulcers to promote healing; the flower is used as an emetic ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991). In Indonesia an infusion of the plant is employed to treat catarrh of the bladder and also used as a febrifuge ( Perry 1980). The plant is known to have an astringent effect on the bowels; and is used to treat fever, dysentery, stomach- ache, stomach ulcers, and kidney stones ( Perry 1980).

A tannin-like bitter principle has been found, and an amorphous substance "which seems to be an alkaloid" has been isolated ( Perry 1980).

Reference.

Perry (1980).