The dried leaves, soaked in water and made into a poultice, are used in indolent ulcers (Watt).
The properties of this plant are said, according to Sanskrit writers, to resemble those of J, grandiflorum (Dutt).
733. J. pubescens, Willd., h.f.b.i., hi. 592 ; Roxb. 31.
Sans. : — Kunda.
Vern :— Mográ (M.) ; Koonda(B.) ; Kundphul, Kunda, Chameli (H.) ; Katu-tsjiregam-mulla (Malay), Vikhm Mogrâ (Bomb.).
Habitat :— Common, from the Himalaya throughout India.
A scandent short shrub. The stem spirally twisted, 1/13in. wedges, which turn round each other rope-fashion. Bark light-brown, extremely thin. Wood white, moderately hard (Gamble). Branchlets, pedicels and Calyx densely fulvous-villous. Leaves, simple, ovate acute, often mucronate, opposite, softly tomentose on both surfaces, often at length glabrate above, beased round or often cordate ; main nerves 4-6 pairs. Petiole ¼-⅜ in. long, densely villous. Flowers white, fragrant, sessile, in dense, terminal capitate cymes, often at the extremeties of short axillary branches ; bracts large, ovate, acute, foliaceous, green. Calyx ½-5/6in. long, densely fulvous-villous, teeth, linear, ⅓-½in. long, subulate, fulvous-hairy. Corolla glabrous ; tube ¾-⅞in. long ; lobes 6 — 9, elliptic-oblong, acute, often mucronate, ½in. long. Carpels 1-2, globose, ^in. diam., black, surrounded by the suberect Calyx- teeth.
Uses : — Dried leaves, soaked in water and made into a poultice, used in indolent ulcers to generate a healthy action. Root said to be an efficient antidote in snake-bite (Lindley and S. Arjun).
734. J. arboreseens, Roxb., h.f.b.i., hi. 594 ; Roxb. 32.
Sans. : — Mâdhavi ; Nava-mallika ; Saptala.
Vern. : — Kûsar rânjai, kund (Bomb.) ; Bara-kunda (B.) ; Adivi-mulli (Tel.) ; Chameli ; bara Kunda (H.)
