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Jasminum sambac
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait., Hort. Kew (ed. 1) 1:8.1789; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:591.1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 788(554). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 160. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 248. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 272. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 403. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 285. 1994; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 287. 2003; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 414. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 514. 2009.
Nyctanthes sambac L., Sp. Pl. 6. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cherupichakam, Mulla, Kudamulla
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Arabian jasmine, Mogori Sambac, Moss Rose Jasmine, Sambac jasmine, Tuscan jasmine
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Description:
Scandent or suberect shrub; branchlets pubescent. Leaves opposite or in whorls of three, entire, elliptic or broad elliptic to sub-orbicular, obtuse or acute, very variable in size, up to 9 cm long and 6 cm broad, glabrous, shining above; nerves prominent beneath. Petiole short, pubescent. Flowers fragrant, in few-flowered terminal cymes, pedicels up to 6 mm; bracts linear, up to 6 mm long. Calyx teeth 5-9, c. 1 cm long, V-shaped, pubescent. Corolla white, simple or double, tube 1 cm long, lobes 5-9, oblong, acute or obtuse, or orbicular under cultivation, 1.5 cm long. Berry simple or didymous, globose, 6 mm in diameter, black when ripe, surrounded by the suberect subulate calyx teeth.
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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:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka through India to Myanmar
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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:
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:
Muthukulam
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