Jasminum malabaricum explained

Jasminum malabaricum, the Malabar jasmine or wild jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to southern parts of India, and Sri Lanka.

Etymology

'Jasminum' is a Latinized form of the Persian word, 'yasemin' for sweetly scented plants.^{[1] [2]}

Common names

• English: Malabar jasmine, wild jasmine
• Malayalam: കദംബവള്ളി kadambavalli
• Marathi: कुसर kusar, रान मोगरा ran mogra
• Sinhala: Pichcha
• Tamil: கொடிவகை kotivakai
• Kannada: Kadu mallige
• Sanskrit: मुद्गर mudgara

References

• Jasminum malabaricum Wight, Ic. t. 1250. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 594. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 789(554). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 160. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 223. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 270. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 171. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 287. 2003; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 510. 2009.

External links

• Web site: Jasminum malabaricum Wight | Species | India Biodiversity Portal . Indiabiodiversity.org . 2013-05-17 . 2015-10-15.
• Book: Jasminum malabaricum Wight . 10.1007/978-0-387-70638-2_826 . Indian Medicinal Plants . 1. 2007. 978-0-387-70637-5. Khare. C.P.
• Variation in the Flower of Jasminum malabaricum, Wight . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1920.tb00122.x . 45 . 302 . Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany . 155–158. 1920. Mann. Harold H..
• Web site: Jasminum malabaricum Wight – The Plant List . Theplantlist.org . 2015-10-15.

Notes and References

1. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 220
2. Book: Hanks . Patrick . Hardcastle . Kate . Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names . 2006 . Oxford University Press . 978-0198610601 . 138 . 2 . Jasmine: From the vocabulary word denoting the climbing plant with its delicate, fragrant flowers (from Old French, ultimately from Persian yasmin)..