Jasminum grandiflorum L.

 
  • Family : OLEACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Oleaceae
  • Species : Jasminum grandiflorum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jasminum grandiflorum L.
  • Common name : Spanish Jasmine
  • Vernacular name : Jaathi, Maalathi (San.); Chameli, Jaathi (Hin.); Mallige, Jaaji mallige (Kan.)
  • Key identification features : A large subscandent shrub. Leaves are imparipinnate, with about 7-11 leaflets and the terminal is larger than the lateral. Flowers are very fragrant in lax, axillary or terminal cymes, longer than the leaves. Pedicels upto 2.5 cm long. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla white with often pink tinges on the outside.
  • Habit : Climbing Shrub
  • Comments : Often cultivated in gardens
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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