Juhi / Needle Flower Jasmine
Jasminum auriculatum
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- April-February
How to identify Juhi
Identify Juhi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Oleaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Juhi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jasminum auriculatum
- Genus
- Jasminum
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and grasslands; also grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Forest, Grassland, Cultivated
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Oleaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Juhi itself; the rest are typical of the Oleaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- जूही juhi
- Tamil
- Mullai, உச்சி மல்லிகை Uccimalligai, முல்லை மலர்
- Telugu
- Adavimalle, అడవిమొల్ల
- Kannada
- ಸಣ್ಣಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Sanna mallige, ಕದರುಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Kadaru mallige, ಸೂಜಿಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Suji mallige, ಸಣ್ಣ ಮೊಲ್ಲೆ
- Malayalam
- Sucimulla, സൂചിമുല്ല, Jasminum Auriculatum
- Marathi
- Jai, जुई, सायली
- Odia
- ଯୁଇ
- Assamese
- জুহি ফুল
About Juhi
A member of the Oleaceae family, Needle flower Jasmine (Jasminum auriculatum) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and 7 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and grasslands; also grown as garden plant. Flowering and fruiting run from April to February.
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Juhi belongs to the Oleaceae family.
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