Jasminum malabaricum Wight

 
  • Family : OLEACEAE
    (OLIVE FAMILY OR JASMINE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Oleaceae
  • Species : Jasminum malabaricum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jasminum malabaricum Wight
  • Vernacular name : Yadorolu mallige (Kan.); Mungara (San.)
  • Key identification features : A large straggling shrub. Leaves are membranous, cordiform to deltoid-elliptic, glabrous. Base truncate or slightly cordate, entire, apex acuminate with main nerves of about 8 pairs. Flowers are white to creamy yellow, in terminal, trichotomous cymes, fragrant. Berries are oblong-globose, dark-purple or nearly black and shining.
  • Habit : Climbing Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : February-September
  • Native : India
  • Comments : On hills up to 1000 m. Also in sholas.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Rollapenta R.F. (Kurnool district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; 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 malabaricum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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