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Jasminum trichotomum
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Jasminum trichotomum Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 6. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 599. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 790 (555). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 185. 1999; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 286. 2003.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kuralam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing shrubs. Leaves 6 x 2.5 cm, ovate or lanceolate, rounded at base, nerves ca. 8 pairs, membranous; petiole 2.5 cm. Cymes terminal and axillary; flowers white; calyx tube 3 mm, 5 toothed, tooth 1 mm; corolla tube 4 mm, lobes 5-7, 4 mm, oblong; ovary 1 mm, oblong, style 2 mm, bifid.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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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:
Chinnar
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