About Malabar Jasmine
Jasminum malabaricum, the Malabar jasmine or wild jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to southern parts of India, and Sri Lanka.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jasminum malabaricum
- Genus
- Jasminum
- Family
- OLEACEAE
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen, deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- கொடிவகை kotivakai
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡುಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Kadu mallige, ಕಾಡುಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ
- Malayalam
- കദംബവള്ളി
- Marathi
- कुसर kusar, रान मोगरा ran mogra, कुसर
Botanical family
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Malabar Jasmine belongs to the Oleaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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