| Jasminum malabaricum | |
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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 | |
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.[1] [2]
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
- ↑ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 220
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0198610601.
Jasmine: From the vocabulary word denoting the climbing plant with its delicate, fragrant flowers (from Old French, ultimately from Persian yasmin).
- 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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