Nyctanthes arbor tristis Linn

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Thai name: Kanika

Local name: Kanika Karnika Kanlika Karnika (Central)/ Sabanga (Nan)/ Parichart (general)

Common names: Night blooming jasmine, Night jasmine, Coral jasmine

Scientific Name: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn.

Family: OLEACEAE

Genus: Nyctanthes

Species: arbor-tristis

Synonyms:

-Bruschia macrocarpa Bertol.

-Nyctanthes dentata Blume

-Nyctanthes tristis Salisb.

-Parilium arbor-tristis (L.) Gaertn.

-Scabrita scabra L.

-Scabrita triflora

Botanical characteristics:

The Karnika tree is a little semi-perennial deciduous shrub. Its trunk is rough and brown, and its canopy is a thin pyramid that rises to a height of three to five meters.

A solitary leaf, placed opposite one another. The oval-shaped leaves have a width and length of 2.5 to 5 and 10 cm, respectively. The margins of the leaves are slightly serrated, have smooth or thin edges, and are sometimes lined with stiff hairs.

A pair of tiny decorative leaves in the shape of leaves adorn the 1.2-2 centimeter long peduncle. The blooms open in the evening and close early the next day. Petals are curled and layered in the buds. The petals have concave ends and range in number from five to eight. A brief, brilliant tube is formed by the union of the petals bases. It measures between 1.1 and 1.3 centimeters in length, and at the tube's base are long, white hairs. There are five to eight green petals, or petals, at the end of the tube. Each petal is between 0.1 and 1.1 centimeters long. Two stamens are affixed within the tube of the blooms. The mouth area’s petals are oriented inward toward one another. The flower bulb is homogeneously attached to a stalk of anthers. Above the lobe circle is where the ovary is situated. In addition to having five serrated, glabrous inside and pubescent outside, the female stamens are pubescent and have four light green sepals joined to one another in a conical tube with an attached or shallowly serrated tip.

The fruit has an oval back or a spherical form that has been somewhat flattened; its tip is rounded and has pointy lobes. The fruit has a smooth surface, is approximately 2 cm in diameter, is green while young, and splits into two halves as it ages. The seeds are dark, spherical, and flattened.

Environmental circumstances:

Origin: South Asia, extending from Nepal and northern Pakistan to southern India and southeast Thailand.

Distribution: Sumatra, Java, Thailand, India

Planting and propagation: Plants are propagated by grafting, cuttings, and seeds.

Indications: Textbook on Thai medicine

*Early, chilly, bitter, sweet, and astringent; qualities help treat fever, ease joint discomfort, and relieve headaches.

*Shell icy, harsh flavor For headaches, boil the inner bark and drink the bitter leaves; they also feed and expel bile, heal fever permanently, ease joint pain; and you may use one handful of fresh leaves and one cup of water, split into four parts, as a bitter appetite-suppressing remedy. It will act as a laxative if you take too much.

*Flower, qualities, nourishing bile, flavor of bittersweetness, hunger. Treat fever, ease joint discomfort, and treat thieves’ eyes. Treat a fever without consciousness Treat yellow-skin fever, red eye, and lightheadedness Cure blood beaten, cure all toxins. Perfumes are made using it. You may juice orange flower stems to turn them a deep yellow hue. has the ability to dye textiles.

*Root: astringent, bitter-sweet flavor, relieves dizziness and constipation. Cough cure, trace element nourishment, strength nourishment, black hair nourishment, gray hair cure, elixir, skin refresher, wind and good cure, cough cure.

*Plant and root, with astringent and sweet tastes, that may be cooked or rained on, are used by mothers to treat their cough after giving birth to new kids.

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Uses:

Carotenoid nyctanthin, which gives the flowers their vivid yellow hue, is present in the blossoms. The orange-red tube is forcefully crushed, filled with water, and pressed into filtered water to obtain a clear yellow water. This method is used to manufacture fabric colors. It may be used as a fabric dye; adding a little alum or lemon juice during the dying process will intensify the color.

- Essential oils are extracted and made from flowers. Perfumes are made using it.

-It should be placed far away from the living area and is often used as a decorative plant that is shaded, put in the background, or planted in groups. because the evenings are when the blooms smell the most.

-The Karnika tree is considered to be a sort of sacred tree in India. It will be a huge perennial tree, the Karnika tree. One may argue that the Karnika tree falls within the auspicious category as well.