Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Jasminum humile Linn. 

Family: Oleaceae Genus: Jasminum Species: Jasminum humile Linn. ( पीली चमेली )

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Synonym Jasminum chrysanthemum Roxb., Jasminum farreri Gilmour Flower Color Yellow - Orange
Common Name Peeli chameli Flower Type Cyme
English / Trade Name Yellow Jasmine, Italian Jasmine Flowering Period April-June
Vernacular /Local Name Peeli chameli Fruiting Period Oct-Dec
Altitude 1000-2500 m Fruit Type Berry
Habit Shrub Fruit Details Fruit a berry simple or didymous, globular-ellipsoid, black when ripe, full of crimson juice
Habitat Semi- evergreen Forests. Bark Type Smooth
Distribution Himalaya and Hindukush, from Afghanistan to Western China. Northern regions of Pakistan, South Waziristan, Baluchistan, in temperate forests, common. Sometimes cultivated. Bark Details Smooth in texture and greenish in colour.
Distribution in Haryana Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar Origin Native
    Leaf Type Compound
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Pinnate
Description of Species Erect shrub up to 2 m tall, glabrous. Branches green, angular. Leaves alternate, variable in size, leaflets up to 7, coriaceous, dark green above, elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, terminal sometimes larger than lateral. Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes; Bracts linear, minute. Calyx with short teeth; corolla yellow, lobes 5, broadly ovate-obtuse or round, reflexed when the flower is open. Fruit a berry simple or didymous, globular-ellipsoid, black when ripe, full of crimson juice. Leaf Details Leaves alternate, variable in size, leaflets up to 7, coriaceous, dark green above, elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, terminal sometimes larger than lateral.
 

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