Nitya Mallige / Lemon-Scented Jasmine
Jasminum azoricum
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- January-April
How to identify Nitya Mallige
Identify Nitya Mallige 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.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Oleaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Nitya Mallige.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jasminum azoricum
- Genus
- Jasminum
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Azores Islands
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-April
- Conservation status
- CR
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
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The fragrant white star-shaped flowers appear in panicles from the in summer, evolving from deep pink buds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nitya Mallige itself; the rest are typical of the Oleaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- எலுமிச்சை ஊசிமல்லி
- Kannada
- ನಿತ್ಯಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Nitya mallige
- Malayalam
- തോട്ടമുല്ല
About Nitya Mallige
A member of the Oleaceae family, Lemon-scented jasmine (Jasminum azoricum) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It is grown as garden plant. Flowering and fruiting run from January to April.
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Nitya Mallige belongs to the Oleaceae family.
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