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.
Etymology
'Jasminum' is a Latinized form of the Persian word, 'yasemin' for sweetly scented plants.
Common names
- English: Malabar jasmine, wild jasmine
- Malayalam: à ´Âà ´¦à ´Âà ´¬à ´µà ´³à µÂà ´³à ´¿ kadambavalli
- Marathi: à ¤Âà ¥Âà ¤¸à ¤° kusar, à ¤°à ¤¾à ¤¨ à ¤®à ¥Âà ¤Âà ¤°à ¤¾ ran mogra
- Sinhala: Pichcha
- Tamil: à ®Âà ¯Âà ®Âà ®¿à ®µà ®Âà ¯ kotivakai
- Kannada: Kadu mallige
- Sanskrit: à ¤®à ¥Âà ¤¦à ¥Âà ¤Âà ¤° mudgara
References
- 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.
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