• Family : OLEACEAE
  (OLIVE FAMILY OR JASMINE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Oleaceae
• Species : Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.
• Common name : Coral Jasmine, Night Jasmine
• Vernacular name : Harsimgar, Seoli, Sinharu (Hin.); Parijata (Kan.); Pavalamalli, Paarijaatham (Tam.); Parijatam, Paghada malli, Krishti (Tel.); Gangaseoli, Godokodika, Gurjo seoli, Singaroharo, Sepli, Sedi, Siruli, Gantha khelika, Gutikhadika, Godokodika, Singhara (Ori.); Parijatah (San.)
• Key identification features : An ornamental evergeeen shrub to a small tree. Leaves are opposite, serrate and rough. Flowers are sessile, in cymose clusters, white, with bright-orange corolla tube. Fruit is compressed bilaterally into two-seeded capsule.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Comments : Often planted in gardens and places of worship. Flowers are very fragrant.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : India, Sub-tropical Himalaya, Nepal, Myanmar
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; 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 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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=Nyctanthes arbor-tristis. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.

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