Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Oleaceae | Genus: Jasminum | Species: Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews, Bot. ( चमेली ) |
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| Synonym | Jasminum gracillimum Hook.f., Jasminum multiflorum f. pubescens (Retz.) Bakh.f. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Chameli | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Chinese Jasmine | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Chameli | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Carpels 1-2, ellipsoid, 1.2-1.5 cm long, black, enveloped by pubescent calyx. |
| Habitat | Common; miscellaneous forests along shrubberies, grassy slopes, edges of crop fields, in the submontane regions. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | On the Himalaya; Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, China. | Bark Details | Greenish bark |
| Distribution in Haryana | Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen, scandent, 2-4 m high shrubs, with velvety-pubescent branchlets. Leaves simple, ovate-elliptic, entire, acuminate or acute, glabrescent above, pubescent beneath. Flowers white, subsessile compact, capitate cymes. Calyx densely rusty hairy; teeth 6-9, linear. Corolla-tube to with 6-9, lanceolate, acute, spreading lobes. Carpels 1-2, ellipsoid, black, enveloped by pubescent calyx. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, ovate-elliptic, entire, acuminate or acute, glabrescent above, pubescent beneath. |
