Gardenia jasminoides
J.Ellis
ഗന്ധരാജൻ
Ornamental. The fragrant flowers are used for scenting tea. The pulp of the fruit is used in China and Japan for colouring food yellow. The whole plant is antispasmodic, antiperiodic, cathartic, anthelmintic and external-antiseptic. The fruits are used against jaundice and diseases of the kidneys and lungs. An essential oil is extracted from the flowers. It is used in perfumery.
അലങ്കാരച്ചെടിയാണ്. ചായക്ക് സുഗന്ധമേകാൻ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു. മഞ്ഞ നിറം നല്കാൻ ഫലത്തിന്റെ സത്ത് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു.
Bushy shrubs. Leaves opposite or ternately whorled. Flowers solitary, often double, terminal at the forks of branches or becoming lateral.