Balini / Downy Jasmine
Jasminum multiflorum
Also known as Common Jasmine
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- July-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jasminum multiflorum
- Genus
- Jasminum
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Sri Lanka, India, sub-tropical Himalayas, Myanmar, China
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- 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 Balini itself; the rest are typical of the Oleaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बलिनी Balini, बन मालती Ban Malati, कुंद Kunda
- Nepali
- बेली पुष्प Belee Pushpa
- Bengali
- চামেলি Chameli, কুঁদ Kundo, কুন্দ
- Tamil
- கஸ்தூரிமல்லிகை Kasturi-Mallikai, மகரந்தமல்லிகை Makaranta-Mallikai
- Kannada
- ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕಾಡು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Dodda Kaadu Mallige, ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Kasturi Mallige, ಮಾಗಿ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Maagi Mallige, ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ
- Malayalam
- കുന്ദം Kundam, കുരുണ Kuruna
- Marathi
- कुंद Kunda, रान मोगरा Ran Mogra
- Assamese
- গুটিমালী
About Balini
Downy Jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum) is a climbing shrub in the Oleaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and 12 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Balini belongs to the Oleaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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