Name – नॆपाली

Botanical name – Jasminum arborescens

Description – Climbing shrubs with hairy branchlets. Leaves simple, opposite, hairy. Flowers white, fragrant, in cymes. Berry ellipsoid, black.

Chemical Constituents- Flowers contain a volatile oil

Use – Leaf juice used in prescriptions of emetic which is employed in bronchial obstruction. Leaves astringent, stomachic and tonic. Berries used as tonic