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Jasminum malabaricum

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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.

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Jasminum malabaricum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Jasminum
Species:
J. malabaricum
Binomial name
Jasminum malabaricum
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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

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