The Moonbeam flower is also known as Wax Flower and Crape jasmine in English. It’s called Chandni in Hindi Nandiyavattai in Tamil, Nandivardhana in Telugu. We call it Tagara in Oriya. The glossy bright green leaves and white, waxy flowers of the plant are quite beautiful. The waxy blossoms are white five-petaled pinwheels that bloom in small clusters on the stem tips. A shrub very common in India it grows to a height of 6 ft. It is widely seen in almost all Indian gardens. They bloom in spring but flowers appear almost throughout the year.
In Botanical nomenclature it is known as Ervatamia coronaria(Tabernaemontana coronaria).
