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Jasminum brevilobum
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum brevilobum A. DC. in DC., Prodr. 8: 307. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 600. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 791(555). 1923; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 278. 2003; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 508. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumulla
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Extensive liane; branchlets tawny- pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, subcoriaceous, fulvous-tomentose; petiole to 1 cm; odd leaflet deltoid, to 6.5 x 4.5 cm, base truncate, apex mucronate; lateral leaflets reduced to c. ΒΌ th of the terminal one. Cymes corymboid, to 12-flowered, terminal or in upper axils; peduncle to 1 cm. Flowers sessile; bracts and bracteoles minute. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate. Corolla white, 2 cm wide; tube 3 cm; lobes 5(7), (ob)ovate, 1 cm, apiculate. Stamens 2. Ovary tomentose above. Berry globose, 1 cm wide.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forest margins
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rope way Ghaut
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