• 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 cuspidatum Rottl. & Willd.
• Vernacular name : Oosimalligai, Villacedi (Tamil); Adavimalli, Peddamalli (Telugu); Urumikol (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen and shola forests
• Comments / notes : On higher slopes to 1500m.
• Flower, Fruit : January-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; 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 cuspidatum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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