HMV e-Tree

Plant Id : 116

Plant Name : Raat Ki Rani

Scientific Name : Cestrum nocturnum

Family Name : Solanaceae

Location : Botanical Garden

Properties : The leaves are cooked in fat with tortillas.An extract of the plant is used as an antispasmodic and as a treatment for epilepsy.The plant is grown as an ornamental hedge.In Central America and the Caribbean a leaf decoction is used as a lotion on skin eruptions. The leaves are used in Chinese folk medicine as an external application for burns and swellings.