- Family : OLEACEAE
(OLIVE FAMILY OR JASMINE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Oleaceae
- Species : Jasminum multiflorum
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews
- Common name : Downy Jasmine
- Vernacular name : Kundphul, Chameli, Kundophul (Hin.); Maagimallige (Kan.); Gujari, Kundamu, Malle, Vira jaji, Adavimalli (Tel.); Jangli malli, Ban malli (Ori.); Kundah (San.)
- Key identification features : A scandent shrub, sometimes erect. Young parts are velvety-tomentose. Leaves are simple, opposite, ovate, acute at apex and pubescent or tomentose. Flowers are sessile, white, in dense, terminal or capitate cymes. Bracts are ovate-lanceolate. Calyx is densely hairy. Corolla tube is up to 2 cm long. Lobes are about 6-9, oblong-lanceolate.
- Habit : Climbing Shrub
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Comments : Frequent in open forests. Often cultivated.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Krishnagiri district (Tamil Nadu State); Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State)
- World Distribution : Sri Lanka, India, Sub-tropical Himalaya, Myanmar, China
- 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 multiflorum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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