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Jasminum trichotomum B.Heyne ex Roth

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Jasminum trichotomum B.Heyne ex Roth
Jasminum trichotomum B.Heyne ex Roth
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymJasminum gardnerianum Wight
synonymJasminum intermedium Wight ex C.B.Clarke, nom. inval.
synonymJasminum wightii C.B.Clarke
🗒 Common Names
Irula
  • Kattumalli
Malayalam
  • Kuralam
Other
  • Kattumalli
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Climbing Shrub
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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      Habit: A stiff climbing shrub, to 7m.
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        Climbing shrubs. Leaves 6 x 2.5 cm, ovate or lanceolate, rounded at base, nerves ca. 8 pairs, membranous; petiole 2.5 cm. Cymes terminal and axillary; flowers white; calyx tube 3 mm, 5 toothed, tooth 1 mm; corolla tube 4 mm, lobes 5-7, 4 mm, oblong; ovary 1 mm, oblong, style 2 mm, bifid.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: March-June
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            Morphology
            Flower

            In axillary or terminal dichasial cymes; white, fragrant. Flowering from March-May.

            Fruit

            A obovoid-ellipsoid berry; dark purple when ripe; seeds oblong-globose. Fruiting April onwards.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Opposite

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Elliptic-oblong

            Leaf Apex

            Acute-apiculate

            Leaf Base

            Truncate-attenuate

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

            Keystone Foundation
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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry Deciduous Forests, Endemic to Peninsular India
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Dry deciduous forests
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Contributors 
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                  Foothills to 900m, on thickets. Peninsular India.
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                    Description
                    Global Distribution

                    Peninsular India

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Palakkad

                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                      Kerala: Idukki Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Thanjavur, Tiruchchirappalli, Tiruvannamalai, Virudhunagar
                      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      Contributors 
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                        Scarce along the forests paths and scrub jungles from foothills to 800m. Peninsular India.
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                          Endemic Distribution
                          Peninsular India
                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            📚 Occurrence
                            No Data
                            📚 Uses and Management
                            Uses

                            System of Medicines Used In

                            Siddha
                            Siddha
                            The tender leaves are cooked and eaten to improve digestion.
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                              System Of Medicines Used In

                              Siddha

                              FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6899
                              Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6899
                              Contributors 
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                                Folklore
                                Indigenous Information: The tender leaves are cooked and eaten to improve digestion.
                                Keystone Foundation
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                                  No Data
                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                                  1. Jasminum trichotomum Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 6. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 599. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 790 (555). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 185. 1999; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 286. 2003.
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6899
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                                  2. Jasminum trichotomum Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 6. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 599. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 790 (555). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 185. 1999; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 286. 2003.
                                  3. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6899
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                                  📚 Meta data
                                  No Data
                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassMagnoliopsida
                                  OrderLamiales
                                  FamilyOleaceae
                                  GenusJasminum
                                  SpeciesJasminum trichotomum B.Heyne ex Roth
                                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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