Japani Chameli / Primrose Jasmine
Jasminum mesnyi
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
How to identify Japani Chameli
Identify Japani Chameli by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Solitary.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Oleaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Japani Chameli.
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.
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Japani Chameli belongs to the Oleaceae family.
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