Long-Bud Jasmine
Jasminum ritchiei
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering
- July-September
How to identify Long-Bud Jasmine
Identify Long-Bud Jasmine by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Oleaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Long-Bud Jasmine.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jasminum ritchiei
- Genus
- Jasminum
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-September
- 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 Long-Bud Jasmine itself; the rest are typical of the Oleaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Long-Bud Jasmine
Long-Bud Jasmine (Jasminum ritchiei) belongs to the Oleaceae family, where it grows as a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh. It grows in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to September.
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Long-Bud Jasmine belongs to the Oleaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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