Names: Clavillia, four-o’clocks, jalap, maravilla, bonina, boa-noite, bonita, a’bbass.
English: Beauty of the night; False jalap; Morning rose; Marvel of Peru; Purple jasmine; Flower of a’bbas.
French: Belle de nuit.
Italian: Bella di notte.
Spanish: Buenas tardes; Noche buena.
Dutch: Nachtschone.
Tamil: anthi Mandhaarai; Telugu: Chandrakantha; Kerala Naalu mani poovu; Marati Gulabantidysentericakshi; Assamse Godhuli Gopal, ‘godhuli’ meaning evening; China: Shower flower; Bunga pukul empat; Dondiego de noche; Gecesefase; Geje safa; Gulabbas; Gulbank; Gulbas; Isabelitta nodja, numera, pathrachi, sanji phuli, segerat, slavelilla; Tiare moe, tzu mo li; Ubat jerawat; Zi mo li.
Use: cosmetic, dye.
Botany: flowers usually open from late afternoon onwards, then producing a strong, sweet-smelling fragrance, hence the first of its common names.
DD: Muriaticum,
Phosphorus,
Iron series,
Lanthanides.
Content: triterpenes, proteins, flavonoids, alkaloids, steroids; amino acid-based proteins, called mirabilis antiviral proteins (MAPs); ricin, alanine, alpha-amyrins, arabinose, beta amyrins, betalamic acid, betanin, brassicasterol, beta-sitosterols, 2-carbosyarabinitol, campesterol, daucosterol, d-glucan, dopamine, hexacosan-1-ol, indicaxanthin, isobetanin, 6-methoxyboeravinone C, methylabronisoflavone, mirabilis antiviral proteins, mirabilis peptides, miraxanthins, n-dotriacontane, n-hentriacontane, n-heptacosane, n-hexacosane, n-nonacosane, n-octacosane, n-pentacosane, n-pentatriacontane, n-tetracosane, n-tetratriacontane, n-triacontane, n-tricosane, n-tritriacontane, oleanolic acid, stigmasterol, tartaric acid, trigonelline, tryptophan, ursolic acid, vulgaxanthin I.
Source:
Sense provings.