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Jasminum mesnyi
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum mesnyi Hance, Journ. Bot. 20: 37. 1882.
Jasminum primulinum Hemsl. ex Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 109. 1895.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Japanese Jasmine, Primrose Jasmine
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Description:
Shrub twiggy, glabrous; branches 4-angled, overhanging. Leaves opposite, up to 10 cm long, petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets sessile or subsessile, narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate or oval, apiculate, dark green above, paler beneath, venation closed. Flowers scentless, solitary on axillary peduncles. Calyx short; lobes 6, c. 5 mm long. Corolla bright yellow, orange in the throat, single or double, tube stout, lobes usually 6, obovate, rounded, c. 2.5 cm long. Fruit a didymous or simple berry, ellipsoid, up to 1 cm long and 6 mm in diameter, each part containing 1 or 2 seeds.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant, often as hedge
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Distribution:
Native of China
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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):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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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