• 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 arborescens Roxb.
• Common name : Tree Jasmine
• Vernacular name : Beyla, Chameli, Nava mallica, Saptala (Hindi); Vishamallige (Kannada); Tivva malli, Naga malli, Malletiga, Adavimalle (Telugu); Bonomali, Kalamukhi (Oria); Naagamallii (Sanskrit); Nagamallika (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen, semi-Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Sometimes erect shrub
• Flower, Fruit : February-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Common all forests
• World Distribution : India, Tropical Himalayas, 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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 arborescens. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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