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Travancore Jasmine
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Travancore Jasmine
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Common name: Travancore Jasmine, River Jasmine, Scrambling Vine • Kannada: ಬಾಣ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಗಿಡ Bana mallige gida, ಕಾಡು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Kaadu mallige, ನಿತ್ಯ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Nithya mallige • Malayalam:കാട്ടുമുല്ല Kattumulla • Sanskrit: तरुणि Taruni, वनमल्लिका Vanamallika • Tamil: இராமபாணம் முல்லை Ramabanam mullai • Tulu: ಕಟ್ಟು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Kattu mallige Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Jasminum flexile    Family: Oleaceae (Jasmine family)
Synonyms: Jasminum burmannianum, Jasminum azoricum var. travancorense

Travancore Jasmine is a vine with hairless stem. White flowers are borne in cymes up to 15 cm long, at branch ends, corymb-like, stalked. Bracts and bracteoles minute, subulate. Flower tube is 3 cm long, petals 13 x 6 mm, oblong, blunt, white with pink tinge. Flowers are many, on stalks 1.5 cm long. Calyx is 3 mm long, truncate, hairless. Leaves are trifoliate, with leaflets nearly equal, 10 x 5 cm, ovate-lanceshaped, base rounded, tip long-pointed, hairless, acumen curved, lateral nerves 7 pairs. Leaflet stalks are unequal, middle stalk is up to 2.5 cm long, laterals smaller. Berry is 10 x 5 mm, oblique-obovoid, black, glabrous. Travancore Jasmine is found in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Flowering: October-March.

Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar Photographed on Sirsi - Jog Falls route, Karnataka.

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