- Family : OLEACEAE
(Olive Or Jasmine Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
- Synonym(s) : Jasminum fragrans Salisb.; Jasminum sambac var. normale Kuntze; Mogorium sambac (L.) Lam.; Nyctanthes sambac L.; Jasminum bicorollatum Noronha; Jasminum blancoi Hassk.; Jasminum heyneanum Wall. ex G.Don; Jasminum odoratum Noronha; Jasminum pubescens Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Jasminum quadrifolium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Jasminum sambac var. heyneanum (Wall. ex G.Don) C.B.Clarke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton
- Common name : Arabian Jasmine, Tuscan Jasmine, Mogori Sambac, Moss Rose Jasmine, Sambac jasmine
- Vernacular name :
- Bel Moghra, Banmallika, Moghra (Hindi)
- Mallige, Gundu mallige (Kannada)
- Kodimalligai, Kodimallichedi (Tamil)
- Gundu malle, Boddu malle, Malli, Manmathabanamu (Telugu)
- Malli (Oria)
- Mallika (Sanskrit)
- Cherupichakam, Mulla, Kudamulla (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Grown as garden plant
- Comments / notes : On hills and also around villages as an escape from cultivation.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 13/09/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0053
- Collection Locality : Toppur village, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Andhra Pradesh
- Kerala : Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Puducherry : Puducherry
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Native : India, Bhutan
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Bhutan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Christmas Island, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gilbert Islands, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Islands, Madagascar, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, Windward Islands
- 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.
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Jasminum sambac. Downloaded on 25 June 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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