• Family : OLEACEAE
  (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OLEACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Jasminum angustifolium (L.) Willd.
• Common name : Wild Jasmine
• Vernacular name : Banmallika (Hindi); Adavimallige (Kannada); Kattu malligai, Karamana chedi (Tamil); Adavi malle, Chiru malle (Telugu); Aasphoota, Vanamallikaa (Sanskrit); Kattumallika, Kattumulla (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Scrub jungles and sacred groves in the plains
• Comments / notes : On hills up to 1000m, on dry and sun-exposed slopes.
• Flower, Fruit : April-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Krishna district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Jasminum angustifolium. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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