Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton

 
  • 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.
  • Key identification features : Evergreen, erect or climbing shrubs; Leaves ovate to orbicular, acuminate or obtuse, membranous, pubescent beneath; Flowers in solitary or 3-flowered, axillary cymes, white, fragrant; calyx pubescent, lobes longer than tube; Fruits globose, black.
  • 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 : Changlang, Lohit,Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • 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.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 146
  • 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 6 December 2024.

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