Photo taken in Bedok Reservoir Park. #sgflowers
- Scientific Name: Tabernaemontana Dvaricata
- Also Known As: Crape Jasmine, East India Rosebay, Nero’s Crown
- White flowers shaped like pinwheels decorate pinwheel jasmine, a charming shrub that will bloom anywhere – even in partial shade.
- Uses: A sweetened infusion of the leaves is used as a cough medicine, the pounded roots are applied externally for eye diseases (unspecified) and an unspecified part of the plant is mixed with other herbs to make a medicinal snuff for treating nasal ulcers. In Indonesia a decoction is used as an astringent anti-diarrheal.
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