Jasminum grandiflorum

Jasminum grandiflorum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 9 1762. (Syn: Jasminum aureum D.Don; Jasminum catalonicum DC., pro syn.; Jasminum grandiflorum var. plenum Voigt; Jasminum hispanicum DC., pro syn.);

Chameli, Jasmine, SPANISH or CATALONIAN JASMINE;

Belize; China South-Central; Cook Is.; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Jawa; Leeward Is.; Maldives;
Mauritius; Mexico Southeast; Nepal; Nicaragua; Pakistan; Panam; Puerto Rico; Runion; Trinidad-Tobago; West Himalaya; Windward Is. as per Catalogue of Life;

Widely cultivated as a source of oil of Jasmine as per WCSP;

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Flowers from Temple Gardens – Jasmine 1 – ID Please – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 3 images.

This is my first contribution to the group after following the riches intently for over 2 months. Someone suggested running different themes in the group to make the exchange more interesting and I thought I will start one.
I happen to belong to Vrindaban (Mathura Distt, Uttar Pradesh), which is known as a temple town, and have lived myself in a big temple complex with its various bagichas. The trees and the shrubs grown in a temple garden are mostly selected based on the presence of fragrant flowers. Typically creepers like chameli, malti and tress like kadamb are grown which can produce flowers for offerings in the temple.
I will start with Jasmine today. There have been earlier posts on jasmine.
Here is an earlier post about ‘Kunda’, a hardy shrub which flowers in the winters at Vrindaban. The buds of ‘Kunda’ are very similar to the ‘Chameli’ buds I am posting here. Its a shrub while ‘Chameli’ is a creeper. Like the term ‘Jasmine’, ‘Chameli’ is a generic term used to describe a lot of mostly white fragrant smelling flowers. Though there are specific local names in all the cases, I am aware of only a few of them.
efi thread
The attached photos belong to a beautiful creeper. Its called ‘Chameli’ in Hindi and ‘Jaati Malli’ (meaning wild jasmine) in Tamil. The just ripe buds are plucked and made into garlands. They flower at exactly the appropriate time when they are offered to the deity or worn by a woman. The flower is always 5 petalled (Is the number of petals a way to distinguish the different varieties?), and the leaves are beautiful and bottle green in colour. It flowers profusely in summers, and can be smelt from a good distance. The petals have a thin pink lining on one end, and are exquisitely beautiful. The creeper itself is quite lush and leafy.
The resources available on the net are mighty confusing about the different varieties – Is this jasminum grandiflorum? One photo says so, but another one shows the photo of a ‘mogra’ shrub which is a different plant. All photos were taken at Vrindaban on the 12th and 13th of July 2008.

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Jasminum arborescens? –

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242423592 &

Forest Plants of A.P.

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Thanks for the links. After a lot of digging, I am sure this seems like jasminum grandiflorum. There is contradictory information on the net.
Here’s a pic, you can see the pink (reddish as few would say) lining on the petals.
Here’s another link from a botanical magazine.
Quoting from the description:
” The SPANISH or CATALONIAN JASMINE (J. grandiflorum), a native of the north-west Himalayas, and cultivated in the Old and New World, is very like J. officinale, but differs in the size of the leaflets; the branches are shorter and stouter and the flowers very much larger and reddish beneath.”
The species you suggested is not a climber, but the photo I had put out was that of a big climber.
What do you think?

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efloraofindia:”For Id 29092012MR1’’ which Jasmine is this? at Pune:  Aug & Sep 2012

This Jasmine was Id’d as Jasminum grandiflorum L. Id credit … at Indian Flora

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Jassminum grandiflorum – Need help in growing:  I am growing “jasminum grandiflorum“- Jadi-Malli in a pot for the past 3 months but I am not seeing a good growth. Some of the leaves are turning brown.. only from March – November the pot gets direct sunlight. Should I add some fertilizer. Pls suggest.

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depend on pot size, jasminum grandiflorum need bigger pot for good growth add 3 part soil and 1 part cow dung manure. also need good water drainage system.

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Jasminum grandiflorum L. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)- around 600 kb each.

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Jasminum grandiflorum L : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (5)- around 850 kb each.

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