Jasminum grandiflorum
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 Leaves of Jasminum grandiflorum
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| Jasminum grandiflorum L. |
Jasminum grandiflorum (chameli in Hindi) is a species of jasmine native to South Asia. In India, its leaves are widely used as an Ayurvedic herbal medicine and its flowers are used to adorn the coiffure of women. In Pakistan, it grows wild in the Salt Range and Rawalpindi District at 500-1500 m altitude.[1] It is closely related to, and sometimes treated as merely a form of, Jasminum officinale.[2]
It is a scrambling deciduous shrub growing to 2–4 m tall. The leaves are opposite, 5–12 cm long, pinnate with 5–11 leaflets. The flowers are produced in open cymes, the individual flowers are white having corolla with a basal tube 13–25 mm long and five lobes 13–22 mm long.[1][3] The flower's fragrance is unique and sweet.
It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in warm temperate and subtropical regions.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Flora of Pakistan: Jasminum grandiflorum
- ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ^ Flora of China: Jasminum grandiflorum
