Tabernaemontana divaricata - වතු සුද්ද වර්ගයක්

Tabernaemontana divaricata - වතු සුද්ද වර්ගයක්

Tabernaemontana divaricata (Apocynaceae), commonly called pinwheelflower,crape jasmine, East India rosebayand Nero's crown is an evergreen shrub native to India and now cultivated throughout South East Asia and the warmer regions of continental Asia. In zones where it is not hardy it is grown as a house/glasshouse plant for its attractive flowers and foliage. The stem exudes a milky latex when broken, whence the name milk flower (দুধফুল), টগর or কাঠমল্লিকা in the Bengali language.It is known as நந்தியார்வட்டை "Nandiar vattai" in Tamil and "Nanthyaar vattam" (നന്ത്യാർവട്ടം) in Malayalam. It is as wathusudda වතුසුද්ද (meaning "garden white") in the Sinhalese language. In the Kannada language it is called Nandi battalu [ನಂದಿ ಬಟ್ಟಲು], Telugu language it is called nandivardhanam [నందివర్దనం]. Other Indian names include chandni and taggar. In Cambodia, it is called phka nuon sreiផ្កានួនស្រី or phka dâk khut ផ្កាដកឃុត. The plant contains several alkaloids and, like many other Apocynaceae, is toxic and medicinal......

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