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Ornamental - A very ornamental plantwith fragrent flowers. Food - Flowers are fragrant, eaten or used to flavour or scent tea. The dried flowers are a tea substitute. Medicine - The essential oil is used in aromatherapy. It is used in the treatment of depression, nervous tension, impotence, frigidity, menstrual disorders and weak digestion. Cosmetics/Essential oils- An essential oil from the flowers is used in perfumery.
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Temperate biome.
Deciduous perennial shrub
Twining, green, with numerous branches.
Pinnate, with 5-9 leaflets.
White, fragrant, produced in clusters.
Black berries.
Flowering: Summer.