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Jasminum grandiflorum
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum grandiflorum L., Sp. Pl. 8. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 603. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 791(556). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 158. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 248. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 284. 1994; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 275. 2003; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 416. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 514. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malathipushpam, Pichakam, Pichakamulla
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Spanish jasmine, Common jasmine, Catalonian jasmine
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Description:
Shrub large, sometimes scandent; branches striate, glabrous, green. Leaves opposite, 5-12 cm long, petiolate; petiole and midrib margined; leaflets glabrous, dark green, the upper pair with a broad flat base, often confluent with the terminal leaflet. The terminal hardly larger, ovate lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers fragrant, in lax axillary or terminal cymes, the stalks of later flowers exceeding the first or central ones. Pedicels up to 3 cm long. Bracts linear, 5 mm long. Calyx teeth 5, linear, 7-12 mm long. Corolla white, sometimes tinged with red outside, tube c. 2 cm long, lobes 5, oblong, shorter than the tube, involute at the margins.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated, often found as escape.
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Distribution:
Subtropical North West Himalayas
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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:
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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