Wild Jasmine

Common Name : Wild Jasmine Botanical name : Jasminum angustifolium Family : Oleaceae

Kingdom – Plantae

Order - Lamiales

Genus - Jasminum

Species - angustifolium

Synonym - Nyctanthes angustifolia

Category - Climbing Shrub

Height - Climbing up to 10 feet tall

Origin/Native - India, South india

Found in - Forest hedges

Flowers - Small, white, star shaped blooms, 9 simple narrow petals, strong fragrance

Flowering season - Jun, july,aug

Foliage & Plant - Green, simple wavy, oppositely arranged elliptic leaves with smooth branched stems,

Uses - Medicinal, ornamental plant

Malayalam - Kattumallika

Tamil - Kaatumalli, Kattumalligai, Pichi poo, Vana malli

Hindi - Banmallika

Sanskrit - Vanamallika

Jasminum angustifolium flowers

Wild jasmine flower with buds [Close up view]

Wild jasmine foliage

Wild jasmine fruits & leaves

Wild jasmine climbing stems & immature, new born flower buds

Wild jasmine plant with blooms

Photographs: Guna Selvi Camera: Nikon D40x Location : Kundadam, Dharapuram, Erode, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India