Jasminum ritchiei C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 3: 598 1882. (Syn: Jasminum ritchiei var. purpureum B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke); Andaman Is.; East Himalaya; India as per Catalogue of Life; SW. India, Bhutan, Andaman Is. as per WCSP; Climbing branched, nearly glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, 3-8 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic acuminate, cuneate at base; lateral nerves 4 or 5 pairs, often with domatia in the nerve axils; petioles 3-6 mm long. Flowers in 3- 9 flowered, sub paniculate cymes; bracts linear-subulate, 6 mm long; pedicels 1-2 cm long. Calyx 5 mm long, tube campanulate, more or less ribbed, glabrous; teethfew flowere 2-3 mm long, linear. Corolla white, tube 1.5-2 cm long; lobes 9, acute, 8-12 mm long. Berry solitary, globose, 8 mm across. Flowering and fruiting: July-August Moist deciduous forests Peninsular India and Sri Lanka (attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)
References: An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew 91995- details) |
Jasminum ritchiei
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