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Jasminum bignoniaceum
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum bignoniaceum Wall. ex A. DC. in DC., Prodr. 8: 313. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 791(556). 1923; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 62. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 403. 1997; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 276. 2003.
Jasminum humile sensu Clake in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 602. 1882; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 170, non L. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kurumozhi, Pita
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Erect, at times scandent subshrub; branchlets glabrous, shallowly angled from the base of 2 leaves above. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate, glabrous; petiole to 3 cm; leaflets 4 or 5 pairs, elliptic, to 1.5 x 0.8 cm, base attenuate, recurved, apex acute, more or less sessile; petiolule of terminal leaflets 6 mm. Cymes leaf-opposed, subumbellate, to 5-flowered; peduncle to 2.5 cm. Flowers nodding; pedicels 1.5 cm; bracts linear; bracteoles 0. Calyx-tube 3 mm; lobes 5, triangular, 1.5 mm. Corolla yellow, 1 cm wide; tube 2 cm; lobes 5, ovate, over-lapping at base, recurved. Stamens 2. Berry paired, subglobose, 8 mm, black when ripe.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad, Malappuram, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant in the High Ranges
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Distribution:
Native of Europe; now widely cultivated in Nilgiris
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sispara, Karuvarakundu
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