Jasminum fluminense (Introduced)

Jasminum fluminense Vell., Fl. Flumin. 1: 10, t. 23 1829. (syn: Jasminum azoricum var. fluminense (Vell.) Eichler;                           Jasminum auriculatum var. zanzibariense Bojer ex DC.; Jasminum azoricum var. bahiense (DC.) Eichler; Jasminum bahiense DC. [Illegitimate]; Jasminum blandum S.Moore; Jasminum fluminense var. blandum (S.Moore) Turrill; Jasminum fluminense subsp. holstii (Gilg) Turrill; Jasminum fluminense subsp. mauritianum (Bojer ex DC.) Turrill; Jasminum fluminense subsp. nairobiense Turrill; Jasminum hildebrandtii Knobl.; Jasminum holstii Gilg; Jasminum lanatum Gilg & G.Schellenb.; Jasminum mauritianum Bojer ex DC.; Jasminum megalosiphon Gilg; Jasminum pospischilii Gilg; Jasminum rooseveltii De Wild.; Jasminum schroeterianum Schinz; Jasminum tettense Klotzsch; Jasminum uhligii Gilg & G.Schellenb.; Jasminum zanzibariense (Bojer ex DC.) Klotzsch);

Nitya Malli, Brazilian jasmine, Azores jasmine, River Jasmine,  • Tamil: பெருமல்லி Perumalli;

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Flowers from Temple Gardens – Jasmine 2 – ID Please :  Attachments (3).  9 posts by 3 authors.

This is the second creeper. The Hindi name is the same, but is called ‘Nitya Malli’ in Tamil, as it flowers year long in the south. The leaves are shiny and green in colour, and the creeper itself is very hardy and needs little care. The flowers mostly have 8 or 9 petals. The flower is pure white without the pink lining on the petals found in a lot of other jasmine varieties.
Here is the link to the earlier posts on jasmine in the group:
Another Chameli:
http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/0d67
Kunda:
http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/009e
Photos taken in Vrindaban, UP on 12 and 13th July 2008.

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Jasminum flexile ?

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I think your Jasmine/ Nitya Malli is Jasminum multiflorum. Pl. see the links:
http://www.floridata.com/ref/J/jasm_mul.cfm ,
http://www.mgonlinestore.com/JMultiflorum/

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Thanks for the reply. But I am afraid its not nitya-malli.
If you look closely at the links you have posted, then the flowers are coming out from a group of leaves. Also, the hairy thing (I dont know what its called – its probably the calyx) from which the buds come out is characteristic of a ‘Kunda’ shrub (jasminum pubescens).
Here is the earlier link on ‘Kunda’ from our group:
http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/009e
This looks closer to jasminum multiflorum.
If you look at the third photo I have posted, you can clearly see, the leaves end a long way before the buds or the flowers start, unlike multiflorum or pubescens, where the leaves form the base for the buds to come out.
I hope I have not confused you completely:) The flowers of multiflorum look very similar to nitya-malli, but I am sure its not the same plant.
Do let me know your views.

I think your ‘Nitya Malli’ in Tamil is Jasminum multiflorum, as it flowers year long. What you posted may be a different Jasmine. What about Jasminum auriculatum for your post. See the link for the pictures: http://images.google.co.in/Jasminum%20auriculatum&um=wi

The link is in Bengali- I think it states something like ‘Juhi’  for the first plant picture, though I not much conversant with alphabets. May be some one knowing Bengali, clarify as to what is written in Bengali link.

As per Tropical garden plants by Bose, Chowdhury & Sharma, Jasminum auriculatum is a woody climber, native of India, also grown as a struggling shrub without any support- with leaves mostly simple, but sometimes trifoliate.

I think it’s better to put final reliance on authortative text- pl. see one for Jasminum fluminense http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/jasflu.pdf
& check for yourself & match all the features in the description.

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If we look at the leaves, they clearly three leaflets. That rules out J. multoflorum (J. pubescens is synonym of that) which have simple (not compound) leaves. With 3 leaflets, we don’t have many choices. I feel it is River Jasmine (Jasminum fluminense). More information here:
http://www.flowersofindia.River%20Jasmine.html

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Requesting ID of this plant with white flowers – Mumbai :30062013 : ARK-03 : June 2013 : Attachments (4).  7 posts by 4 authors.
Requesting to please ID this plant with white flowers captured in Mumbai in June 2013.

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Could be Jasminum fluminense as in FOI.

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Jasmine in bloom: 1 high res. image.
I present the pictures of jasmine which bloomed in our garden.

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Leaves are not clear/ visible.

 

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References:

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