Description
- Infuse for tea,Smudge,Parijat,tea,dry raat ki raani,Dried Flower,Siuli,Queen of night,tree of sorrow
- Nuit Jasmin
- night jasmine
- Coral Jasmine
- Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Parijat (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) or harsingar is considered to be the flower that is fit for the Gods. The word parijat literally means descended from or celestial. While flowers like jasmine, rose or marigold are plucked in the daylight to offer them at the altar, the flowers of parijat are the only one picked from the ground and deemed to be as sacred as any other- to an extent that they have attained the special status of being Gods favourite flowers. No wonder, the name Harsingar translates into Gods ornament. The flowers of parijat bloom in night and this is why they are called night-flowering jasmine. In Bengali, it is also called Shefali. In Sri Lanka, it is known as sepalika. It is also called Kalpavriksha a tree that fulfils every desire in your heart and what you may ask for it. In the local language, it is also referred to as raat ki raani- simplifying the supernatural phenomena that the plant can thrive without the Sunlight.