Jasminum arborescens

Jasminum arborescens Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 94 1820. (syn: Jasminum arborescens var. latifolium (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke; Jasminum arborescens var. montanum (Roth) C.B.Clarke; Jasminum arboreum Schult.; Jasminum latifolium Roxb.; Jasminum montanum Roth; Jasminum punctatum Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don; Jasminum velutinum Kobuski; Jasminum villosum Stokes; Nyctanthes grandiflora Lour.);

Indian Subcontinent to W. Indo-China: Andaman Is., East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Common name: Navamallika, Shrubby Jasmine • Assamese: Nabamallika • Bengali: Nuvamullika • Hindi: बड़ा कुन्द Bara-kunda, नवमल्लिका Navamallika, Dhur-malti • Kannada: adavi mallige, dodda kaadu mallige • Malayalam: നാഗമല്ലികാ Nagamallika • Marathi: Kumdi, Kundi, Kusaara • Oriya: ବରାକୁନ୍ଦା Barakunda • Sanskrit: नागमल्ली Nagamalli, नवमल्लिका Navamallika • Tamil: கட்டமல்லிகை Kattumalligai, நாகமல்லீ Nagamalli • Telugu: adavi jaji, adavi malli • Urdu: Gul-chambeli گل چمیلی

Shrub large, suberect, not twining or climbing; branchlets hairy. Leaves opposite, simple, variable in size, up to 18 cm long and 10 cm broad, ovate, acute or acuminate, soft-tomentose when young, later glabrate, leaf-base broadly rounded, sometimes cordate, nerves distinct beneath, lower divaricate; petiole 1-2.5 cm. Flowers fragrant, in lax trichotomous cymes. Pedicels 5 mm. Bracts linear, up to 5 mm long. Calyx teeth 5-6, sometimes more, linear, 1-2 mm long. Corolla white, tube c. 1 cm long, lobes usually 9, 1-1.5 cm long, lanceolate, acute. Berry mostly simple, 1-1.5 cm long, ellipsoid, slightly bent, black when ripe.
Flowering and fruiting: February-May
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
North West Himalaya, Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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Please check the attached images of Jasminum, Captured at Pauri Uttarakhand. Leaves velvety.