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.
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| 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 | |
Etymology
    
'Jasminum' is a Latinized form of the Arabic word, 'yasemin' for sweetly scented plants.[1]
Common names
    
- English: Malabar jasmine, wild jasmine
 - Malayalam: കദംബവള്ളി kadambavalli
 - Marathi: कुसर kusar, रान मोगरा ran mogra
 - Sinhala: Pichcha
 - Tamil: கொடிவகை kotivakai
 - Kannada: Kadu mallige
 - Sanskrit: मुद्गर 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.
 
External links
    
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jasminum malabaricum.
- "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.
 
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