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Jasminum arborescens
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum arborescens Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 95. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 594. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 789(554). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 160. 1982; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 290. 2003.
Jasminum roxburghianum Wall. ex Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3:595.1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 789(554). 1923; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 62. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nagamallika
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Tree jasmine
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Description:
Shrub large, suberect, not twining or climbing; branchlets hairy. Leaves opposite, simple, variable in size, up to 18 cm long and 10 cm broad, ovate, acute or acuminate, soft-tomentose when young, later glabrate, leaf-base broadly rounded, sometimes cordate, nerves distinct beneath, lower divaricate; petiole 1-2.5 cm. Flowers fragrant, in lax trichotomous cymes. Pedicels 5 mm. Bracts linear, up to 5 mm long. Calyx teeth 5-6, sometimes more, linear, 1-2 mm long. Corolla white, tube c. 1 cm long, lobes usually 9, 1-1.5 cm long, lanceolate, acute. Berry mostly simple, 1-1.5 cm long, ellipsoid, slightly bent, black when ripe.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
North West Himalaya, 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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