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Jasminum angustifolium var. angustifolium
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum angustifolium (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 36. 1797, var. angustifolium; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 598. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 790(555). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 159. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 247. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 236. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 401. 1990; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 293. 2003; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 303. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 413. 2009.
Nyctanthes angustifolia L., Sp. Pl. 6. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumallika, Kattumulla
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Wild jasmine
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Description:
Evergreen, slender woody twiner, vine or straggling shrub. Young shoots minutely puberulent or rarely glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, subcoriaceous, (ovate-)lanceolate-narrowly lanceolate, (1-)2-4(-7)x(0.7-)1-2(-4) cm, glabrous except for minute puberulence on the midrib above; petiole (1.5-)3-5(-10) mm long, minutely puberulent above, or rarely glabrous, the opposite pairs forming a slight ridge round the stem; lamina base rounded or attenuate into the petiole; apex(obtuse-)acute(-long acute) with small apiculum; margin entire; venation (3-) 4-5 pairs of lateral veins, the first pair sometimes obscure, the second and subsequent uniting to form a submarginal vein, or venation sometimes obscure, no acrodomatia. Inflorescence glabrous, terminal on side shoots, 1 or 3-flowered, sometimes supported by a flower from the axil of each of the subtending pair of leaves; pedicels (5-)12-20(-25) mm long. Calyx tube 1.5-2 mm long, lobes 5-7, filiform, 2-4(-6)mm long, minutely puberulent on the inner surface. Corolla hypocrateriform, white with exterior of tube often pinkish-vinaceous, at least in bud, fragrant, tube 12-17(-20) mm long, lobes 8-9, narrow, acute, 12-17(-20) x 2-4 mm. Fruit a paired berry, 7-8 x 10 mm, black when ripe.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles and sacred groves in the plains
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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:
Adoor, Tiruvalla, Bharanikkavu
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