Jasminum malabaricum

Jasminum malabaricum, the Malabar jasmine or wild jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to southern parts of India, and Sri Lanka.

Jasminum malabaricum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Oleaceae
Genus:	Jasminum
Species:	J. malabaricum
Binomial name
Jasminum malabaricum Wight

Etymology

'Jasminum' is a Latinized form of the Arabic word, 'yasemin' for sweetly scented plants.[1]

Common names

• English: Malabar jasmine, wild jasmine
• Marathi: कुसर kusar, रान मोगरा ran mogra
• Sinhala: Pichcha
• Tamil: கொடிவகை kotivakai
• Kannada: Kadu mallige
• Sanskrit: मुद्गर mudgara

References

1. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 220

• Jasminum malabaricum Wight, Ic. t. 1250. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 594. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 789(554). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 160. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 223. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 270. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 171. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 287. 2003; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 510. 2009.

External links

• "Jasminum malabaricum Wight | Species | India Biodiversity Portal". Indiabiodiversity.org. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
• Khare, C.P (2007). "Jasminum malabaricum Wight". Indian Medicinal Plants. p. 1. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-70638-2_826. ISBN 978-0-387-70637-5.
• Mann, Harold H. (1920). "Variation in the Flower of Jasminum malabaricum, Wight". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany. 45 (302): 155–158. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1920.tb00122.x.
• "Jasminum malabaricum Wight – The Plant List". Theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2015-10-15.