Jasminum flexile

Jasminum flexile Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 1 1794. (syn: Jasminum acuminatum B.Heyne ex Wall. [Invalid]; Jasminum azoricum var. travancorense (Gamble) M.Mohanan; Jasminum burmannianum Blume; Jasminum flexile var. hookerianum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke; Jasminum flexile var. ovatum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke; Jasminum flexile var. travancorense Gamble; Jasminum travancorense B.Heyne ex Wall. [Invalid]; Jasminum yingjiangense P.Y.Pai);

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commonly known as: river jasmine, scrambling vine • Kannada: ಬಾಣ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ bana mallige gida, ಕಾಡು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ kaadu mallige, ನಿತ್ಯ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nithya mallige • Malayalam: കാട്ടുമുല്ല kattumulla • Sanskrit: तरुणि taruni, वनमल्लिका vanamallika • Tamil: இராமபாணம் முல்லை ramabanam mullai • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ kattu mallige (Names further compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/05/jasminum-flexile-vahl.html)

Andaman Is.; Assam; China South-Central; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;

Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) as per WCSP;

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Climbing shrubs; stem glabrous. Leaflets subequal, 10 x 5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate, glabrous, acumen curved, lateral nerves 7 pairs; petiolules unequal, middle petiolulate to 2.5 cm long, laterals smaller. Cymes to 15 cm long, terminal, corymbose, peduncled; bracts and bracteoles minute, subulate. Flowers many; pedicels 1.5 cm long; calyx 3 mm long, truncate, glabrous; corolla tube 3 cm long, lobes 13 x 6 mm, oblong, obtuse, white with pink tinge. Berry 10 x 5 mm, oblique-obovoid, black, glabrous.

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)

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Wayanad flora #7 | 21MarAR02: 2 images.

Date/Time- 9 Jan 2011 03:43 PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Meenmutty falls, Waynaad, Kerala
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Wild, Western ghats,
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Looks like a Shrub, Forest path
Height/Length-approx – 6-8feet
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape – Acuminate, Elliptical, Margin -smooth, 10cms
Inflorescence Type/ Size-
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts – 5cms, White, Petals -5, 5cms, Pedicel – Light green to light pink
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- No fruits
Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- Buds – Pinkish to Red

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Yes, most probably Jasminum flexile Vahl. of Oleaceae family.

J. flexile is a large climber sometime reaches the canopy of huge trees.

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Agree with …, Jasminum flexile, most probably J. flexile var ovata?

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Jasminum flexile var. ovatum (I hope you meant ovatum not ovata) is become synonym of J. flexile Vahl, according to “the plant list” http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-351955

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ANJAN45/45 Jasminum sp. for identification : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (8)

Family: Oleaceae
Date: 11th January 2014
Place: Paripathodu, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala
Habit: Climber

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It could be Jasminum coarctatum

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Could be Jasminum malabaricum

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If it has fragrance it is Juhi.

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Jasminum species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) 

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The images are of Jasminum flexile var. flexile.

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Names of Plants in India :: Jasminum flexile Vahl : 3 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.

via Species‎ > ‎J‎ > Jasminum flexile Vahl … family: Oleaceae

   
JAZ-mih-num — Latinized form of Persian name … Dave’s Botanary
FLEKS-il-ee or FLEKS-il-ay — flexible … Dave’s Botanary 
commonly known as: river jasmine, scrambling vine • Kannada: ಬಾಣ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ bana mallige gida, ಕಾಡು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ kaadu mallige, ನಿತ್ಯ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ nithya mallige • Malayalam:കാട്ടുമുല്ല kattumulla • Sanskrit: तरुणि taruni, वनमल्लिका vanamallika • Tulu: ಕಟ್ಟು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ kattu mallige 
botanical names: Jasminum flexile Vahl … synonyms: Jasminum azoricum var. travancorense (Gamble) M.Mohanan • Jasminum burmannianum Blume • Jasminum flexile var.travancorense Gamble … more at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1. 
December 16, 2012 … Mavingundi, Shivamogga 

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Update:
 • Tamil: இராமபாணம் முல்லை ramabanam mullai
Thanks to … for getting to this name in another post.

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Names of Plants in India :: Tamil name of Jasminum flexile : 6 posts by 2 authors.
Please help me with the name irampanam mullai in Tamil script … ref: ENVIS-FRLHT

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I think “irampanam” is not a Tamil word (or at least I don’t know!). Google search shows that it is a name of a place in Kerala. So it could be a Malayalam name.
Mullai (the name usually applied to Jasminum auriculatum) is written as முல்லை

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OK, thanks very much, …

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I found an entry of ramabanam mullai in The Useful Plants of India published by NISCAIR. Does it help to arrive to any valid spelling ?

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Ramabanam mullai may be written as இராமபாணம் முல்லை.
Although ‘இ’ is prefixed in the Tamil version of ‘Ramabanam’, it is not usually transcribed as ‘I-ramabanam’.
The name ‘irampanam’, which you mentioned in your first email had ‘p’-anam instead of ‘b’-anam changing the meaning from arrow (‘banam’, பாணம்) to drink (‘panam’ பானம்).

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Thank you very much …! Great help !!
Will put this name இராமபாணம் முல்லை ramabanam mullai in the database,

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References:

WCSP  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  POWO  Flora of China
Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  JSTOR Global Plants