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Jasminum caudatum
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum caudatum Wall. ex Lindl., Bot. Reg. 28: t. 26. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. INdia 3: 601. 1882; Santhosh Kumar, Sema & Nair, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 31: 411. 2007.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stem smooth, rounded, glabrous. Leaves opposite, trifoliolate, glabrous, subcoriaceous; rachis to 3 cm long, usually with a pulvinous base; leaflets lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, caudate to acuminate at apex, acute or obtuse or cuneate at base, entire, membranous, shining, venation more or less reticulate, distinctly nerved, primary veins 6-8 per side, shallowly impressed above, raised beneath, terminal leaflet 9-11 x 3-4.5 cm, lateral 8-10 x 2.5-3 cm. Inflorescence terminal or occasionally axillary, cymose-paniculate, to 8 cm long, 3 to many-flowered; pedicels short, to 4 mm long. Calyx tube to 3 mm long, dentate. Corolla white, tube to 2.5 cm long; lobes 5-7, oblong-linear, 1.3 x 0.5 cm, slightly obtuse at apex. Stamens 2, arising from the middle of the corolla-tube. Style included within the corolla-tube. Fruit to 16 mm long, ovoid, ripening black, often paired.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-February
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District(s):
Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India, Bangaldesh and Bhutan
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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:
300-1000
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