Gangasiuli
| Botanical name: | Nyctanthes arbor-tristis |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Local name: | Gangasiuli, Singadahar, Sefali |
| Common name: | Tree of sadness/night blooming jasmine |
| Parts used: | Leaf, flower, seeds |
| Plant character: | It is a small night-flowering tree with flaky grey bark, simple leaves and small fragrant flowers having white petals and orange tube. It requires full sun or part shade. Wild in dry deciduous forests also planted in the gardens and parks for its fragrant flower. |
USES:
Leaves have been used in Homeopathy and Ayurvedic medicine mainly to cure malaria and other fevers, arthritis, obstinate sciatica and hyper acidity.
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