• Family : OLEACEAE
  (OLIVE FAMILY OR JASMINE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Oleaceae
• Species : Jasminum angustifolium
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jasminum angustifolium (L.) Willd.
• Common name : Wild Jasmine
• Vernacular name : Banmallika (Hin.); Adavimallige (Kan.); Kaattu malligai, Karamana chedi (Tam.); Adavi malle, Chiru malle (Tel.); Aasphoota, Vanamallikaa (San.)
• Habit : Climbing Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : April-July
• Comments : On hills up to 1000 m, on thickets, fences and sun-exposed slopes.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Yercaud Hills (Salem district), Tippukadu R.F. (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); West Godavari district, Veligonda Hills (Nellore district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Srikakulam district, Chittoor district, Visakhapatnam district, Krishna district, Palakonda Hills (Kadapa district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Russelkonda Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Jasminum angustifolium. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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