✿Oleaceae · Jasminum
Japani Chameli / Primrose Jasmine
Jasminum mesnyi
outdoor
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jasminum mesnyi
- Genus
- Jasminum
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“It has opposite, glossy, lanceolate leaves, 3–7 cm long, leaf blade broadly ovate or elliptic, sometimes suborbicular, trifoliate, simple at the base of the branchlets, petiole 0.5” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- TrifoliaterecordedA compound leaf made of exactly three leaflets.“It has opposite, glossy, lanceolate leaves, 3–7 cm long, leaf blade broadly ovate or elliptic, sometimes suborbicular, trifoliate, simple at the base of the branchlets, petiole 0.5” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Leafy, obovate or lanceolate bracts, 5–10 mm, surrounded by small foliaceous bracts;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Japani Chameli itself; the rest are typical of the Oleaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“yellow flowers, 3 cm, solitary, on short axillary shoots, rarely terminal;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Japani Chameli itself; the rest are typical of the Oleaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- जापानी चमेली Japani chameli
About Japani Chameli
Primrose Jasmine (Jasminum mesnyi) belongs to the Oleaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and 2 other states.
Botanical family
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Japani Chameli belongs to the Oleaceae family.
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