Sampaguita Root
Jasminum sambac
About Sampaguita Root
Sampaguita Root (Jasminum sambac) is a herb used in the Filipino Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Digestive Issues, Pain, and Headache, among 1 other condition it addresses. The root is the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Jasminum sambac, the Arabian jasmine, is a species of jasmine native to a small region in the eastern Himalayas in Bhutan and neighbouring India and Pakistan. It is cultivated in many places, especially across much of South and Southeast Asia. It is naturalised in many scattered locales: Mauritius, Madagascar, the Maldives, Cambodia, Indonesia, Christmas Island, Chiapas, Central America, southern Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist