Jasminum cuspidatum Rottl. & Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 192 1803. (syn: Jasminum ligustrifolium Wall. ex Bojer [Invalid]; Jasminum myrtophyllum Zenker; Jasminum perrottetianum A.DC.; Jasminum rigidum Zenker; Jasminum rigidum var. tetraphis (Wight & Gardner) C.B.Clarke; Jasminum tetraphis Wight & Gardner; Jasminum triflorum B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke [Invalid]);
S. India to Myanmar as per WCSP;
Erect shrubs; stem subscandent, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 x 2-3 cm, lanceolate, rounded at the acute apex, round at base; nerves from the base and from midrib, distinct below; petiole 2-3 mm long. Cymes terminal or axillary, lax; peduncle 5-10 cm long, glabrous; bracts 1-2 mm long, subulate. Flowers 3-5 together; pedicel 5 mm long, stout; calyx tube 2 mm long, campanulate, glabrous, lobes 6 mm long, narrow; corolla tube 2-2.5 cm long, lobes 1.5-1.7 cm long, oblong, acute. Berry 8 x 7 mm, ovoid, glabrous. Flowering and fruiting: January-April
Evergreen and shola forests
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
MS ID 122 June 2013 – Request Id of the jasmine.: Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Please ID the plant. Photographs were taken on 19.5.2013 in Chamundi hills.
To me appears close to images of Jasminum cuspidatum at FOI. yes it is Jasminum cuspidatum; it is common in E.ghats
Jasminum shrub for identification 010912MK01:
Please help me to identify this Jasminum sp.
Height: 1-2 m
Leaf: thick; 15×5 cm
Date: 18 Aug 2012
Place: Tiruvallur disrict, TN
Alt: 50m
Habitat: Scrub forest
Pl. check with images at Jasminum coarctatum Roxb.
Thanks, … You may be right as per Jasminum cuspidatum Rottl. & Willd.
Fwd: Jasminum cuspidatum images : 3 posts by 1 author. 3 images- around 5 Mb each. Please find attached images of Jasminum cuspidatum, photographed around the outskirts of Bangalore.
References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 |