nandivriksha :
Taxonomical Classification
Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species: Tabernaemontana divaricata
Allied species:
Taberna discolor (Sw.) Miers
Tabernaemontana citrifolia Lunan
Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacq.) Willd.
Tabernaemontana discolor Sw.
Tabernaemontana flabelliformis (Tsiang) P.T.Li
Tabernaemontana gratissima Lindl.
Tabernaemontana indica Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. [Illegitimate]
Tabernaemontana lurida Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
Tabernaemontana recurva Roxb. ex Lindl.
Tabernaemontana siamensis Warb. ex Pit.
Testudipes recurva (Roxb. ex Lindl.) Markgr.
Vinca alba Noronha[
VERNACULAR NAMES
Sanskrit: nandivrksahEnglish: Indian rosebay Crape jasmine, Moonbeam, Carnation of India
Hindi: Chandni चांदनी , Tagar तगर, Tagari तगरी
Urdu: Chaandni
Telugu: gandhitagarapu
Bengali: tagar
Marathi: Ananta, Tagar
Konkani: अनंत ananta
Gujarathi: Sagar
Tamil: நந்தியார்வட்டை Nandiar vattai
Malayalam: nantyarvattam
Kannada: ನಂದಿಬಟ್ಟಲು Nandi Battalu
Spanish: Rosa de hielo
Chinese: 狗牙花 gou ya hua
Sinhalese: wathusudda වතුසුද්ද
Varities:
The size of the flowers also varies. It can be from 2.5 to 5 cm across. The white petals are five in number with a slight twist towards the left (idampiri in Malayalam), making the flower appear like a pinwheel. There is also a variety with the twist towards the right (valampiri), but I think it is rare.
There is also a variety with fragrant double-flower. The normal variety is not fragrant.
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