Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.

 
  • Family : OLEACEAE
  • 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
  • Vernacular name : Parijatah (San.); Harsimgar (Hin.); Parijatha (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : R R Rao 355
  • 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
  • Native : India
  • Comments : A sacred Tree, often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers. Yellow corolla tubes yeilds an organic dye.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Planted
  • Floras referred : K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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