Thanks for sharing. Now this plant is known as Ervatamia coronaria ( Jacq. ) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 127 (1902). They call it crepe jasmine, but I think the correct name should be Grape Jasmine according to Jstor. Highly medicinal. Regards
Pankaj On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi friends... > sharing with you pics of Crepe Jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata) taken > today in my garden. > Crepe jasmine is a beautifully shaped evergreen shrub which forms > symmetrical 6 ft (2 m) high mounds of glossy foliage. The many branches tend > to grow almost parallel to the ground giving the shrub an attractive > horizontal aspect (the species name, divaricata, means "at an obtuse > angle"). Like many members of the Apocynaceae family, the stems of crepe > jasmine exude a milky latex when broken. The large shiny leaves are deep > green and are 6 or more inches (15 cm) in length and about 2 in (5 cm) in > width. Crepe jasmine blooms in spring but flowers may appear sporadically > all year. The waxy blossoms are white five-petaled pinwheels that are borne > in small clusters on the stem tips. > This flower is called 'Togor' in Bengali. > > regards > Shantanu :)
