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Jasminum malabaricum
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum malabaricum Wight, Ic. t. 1250. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 594. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 789(554). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 160. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 223. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 270. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 171. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 287. 2003; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 510. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kadambavalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Scandent shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, 8-10 x 6-7.2 cm, ovate, apex abruptly shortly acuminate, base truncate or subcordate; lateral nerves 8-9 pairs slender; petiole 1 cm long, jointed above the base. Flowers fragrant, in many flowered lax trichotomously brached terminal cymes; bracts 6-8 mmm long, linear subulate; pedicels 6-8 mm long. Calyx 1.2 cm long, lobes 5-7, subulate, pubescent. Corolla white, tube 2 cm long, lobes 6-10, oblong or lanceolate, acute, 2 cm long. Fruit 1-1.2 x 0.8-1 cm, ovoid, drying black, single or paired.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-November
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District(s):
Wayanad, Kasaragode, Kannur, Palakkad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chimmini, Kuruva Island, Damsite, Manantody, Tirunalli, Ezhimala, Kalliassey, Taliparamba
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