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Jasminum angustifolium var. sessiliflorum
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum angustifolium (L.) Willd. var. sessiliflorum (Vahl) P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 40: 227. 1985 & Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 258. 1987; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 237. 1998; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 293. 2003.
Jasminum sessiliflorum Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 29. 1804; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 597. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 790(555). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumallika, Kurukuthimulla, Pichakam, Sarppakolli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; stem glabrous. Leaves to 8 x 2.5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate at apex, base rounded, glabrous; petiole 1 cm long. Cymes 3-flowered, peduncled or sessile; pedicel 2 cm long; bracts absent. Flowers white; calyx tube 3 mm long, lobes 10 mm long, subulate, glabrous; corolla tube 13 mm long, lobes 15 x 6 mm, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Berry 8 x 5 mm, oblong, obtuse, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along streambanks in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Mlappara, Ambari
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