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Jasminum ritchiei
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum ritchiei Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 598. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 790(555). 1923; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 271. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 171. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 286. 2003; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 511. 2009.
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Description:
Climbing branched, nearly glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, 3-8 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic acuminate, cuneate at base; lateral nerves 4 or 5 pairs, often with domatia in the nerve axils; petioles 3-6 mm long. Flowers in 3- 9 flowered, sub paniculate cymes; bracts linear-subulate, 6 mm long; pedicels 1-2 cm long. Calyx 5 mm long, tube campanulate, more or less ribbed, glabrous; teethfew flowere 2-3 mm long, linear. Corolla white, tube 1.5-2 cm long; lobes 9, acute, 8-12 mm long. Berry solitary, globose, 8 mm across.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Kannur, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous 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:
Poochapara, Tolpetty
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