- Family : OLEACEAE
(Olive Or Jasmine Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
- Synonym(s) : Jasminum officinale var. grandiflorum (L.) Bailey
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Jasminum grandiflorum L.
- Common name : Spanish Jasmine, Common Jasmine, Catalonian Jasmine
- Vernacular name :
- Chameli, Jaathi (Hindi)
- Mallige, Jaaji mallige (Kannada)
- Manmadhabaanam (Tamil)
- Jaaji, Malati (Telugu)
- Jaathi, Maalathi (Sanskrit)
- Malathipushpam, Pichakam, Pichakamulla (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Garden plant
- Comments / notes : Often cultivated in gardens for its fragrant flowers.
- Key identification features : Climbing shrubs; branches angular, subpendent, glabrous; Leaves pinnate; leaflets 3-7, sessile, ovate, entire; Flowers in crowded cymes, white, often with pink or purple tinge outside, fragrant.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Subtropical North-West Himalaya
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa 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
- L.H. Bailey 1949. Manual of cultivated plants (ed. 2) pp. 798.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 144
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Jasminum grandiflorum. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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