How to identify Many-Flowered Jasmine
Identify Many-Flowered Jasmine by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Deep pink buds opening white.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink-white.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Oleaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Many-Flowered Jasmine.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jasminum polyanthum
- Genus
- Jasminum
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The compound leaves with 5 to 9 leaflets are dark green on the upper surface and a lighter green beneath, with glabrous, terete or angular branches.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Many-Flowered Jasmine itself; the rest are typical of the Oleaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pink-whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Many-Flowered Jasmine itself; the rest are typical of the Oleaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- தளவம்
- Malayalam
- ജാസ്മീനം പോളിയാന്തം
About Many-Flowered Jasmine
Many-Flowered Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) is a species in the Oleaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka.
Uses
In practice it is planted as an ornamental.
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Many-Flowered Jasmine belongs to the Oleaceae family.
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