Common name: Angelwing Jasmine, Royal jasmine, Shining jasmine, Star jasmine, Windmill jasmine • Hindi: राज चमेली Raj Chameli • Mizo: Kangfimhrui, Phuarchhum
Botanical name:Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifoliumFamily:Oleaceae (Jasmine family) Synonyms: Jasminum nitidum, Jasminum laurifolium f. nitidum
Angelwing jasmine is an evergreen or semi-evergreen vine or shrub with
sweetly fragrant, large, snow-white, pinwheel shaped flowers which are about
2 in across. The buds are purplish and the reddish purple color is retained
on the sepals of the flowers. The flowers bloom at night from late spring and
throughout the summer. Glossy, leathery leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped,
about 2 in long and oppositely arranged. This vine grows fast, and becomes
woody with age. It can grow to 20 ft long but in most gardens it is trimmed
to a shrub 2-4 ft tall. Angelwing jasmine is native to the Himalayas and
SE Asia.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
Photographed at Sagar Upvan, Mumbai.
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