• 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 multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews
• Common name : Downy Jasmine, Common jasmine
• Vernacular name : Kundphul, Chameli, Kundophul (Hindi); Maagi mallige (Kannada); Gujari, Kundamu, Malle, Vira jaji, Adavimalli (Telugu); Jangli malli, Ban malli (Oria); Kundah (Sanskrit); Athimukthem, Kasthurimulla, Kattuchirakamulla, Kundam, Kudamulla, Kurukkuthimulla, Gujari (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Frequent in open forests in Odisha, often cultivated.
• Flower, Fruit : July-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Krishnagiri district
• World Distribution : Sri Lanka, India, sub-tropical Himalayas, Myanmar, China
• 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 multiflorum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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