Herbarium JCB

Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton

Family : OLEACEAE
(OLIVE FAMILY OR JASMINE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Oleaceae
Species : Jasminum sambac
Basionym : Nyctanthes sambac L.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton
Common name : Arabian Jasmine, Tuscan Jasmine
Vernacular name : Bel Moghra, Banmallika, Moghra (Hin.); Mallige, Gundu mallige (Kan.); Kodimalligai, Kodimallichedi (Tam.); Gundu malle, Boddu malle, Malli, Manmathabanmu (Tel.); Malli (Ori.); Mallika (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0053
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.
Collection Date : 13/09/14
Collection Locality : Toppur Village, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
Key identification features : An erect or sometimes small climbing shrubs. Broadly ovate or elliptic, chartaceous, shining, pubescent along nerves with base rounded and acute apex. Nerves being about 6 pairs, .5 cm long and hairy. Flowers are white, fragrant in 3-flowered terminal cymes. Calyx tube 5-7 lobed and corolla is about 6-lobed. Berry is globose, violet when ripe.
Habit : Climbing Shrub
Flower, Fruit : January-July
Comments : On hills and also around villages as an escape from cultivation. Flowers are highly fragrant.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
World Distribution : Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar; Cultivated
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 sambac. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.