Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Oleaceae | Genus: Jasminum | Species: Jasminum humile Linn. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Jasminum chrysanthemum Roxb.,Jasminum farreriGilmour | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Peeli chameli | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Yellow Jasmine, Italian Jasmine | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Peeli chameli | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | 1000-2500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a berry simple or didymous, globular-ellipsoid, black when ripe, full of crimson juice |
| Habitat | Semi- evergreen Forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Himalaya and Hindukush, from Afghanistan to Western China. Northern regions of Pakistan, South Waziristan, Baluchistan, in temperate forests, common. Sometimes cultivated. | Bark Details | Smooth in texture and greenish in colour. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Choe Reserve Forest & Sukhna Lake | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Erect shrub up to 2 m tall, glabrous. Branches green, angular. Leaves alternate, variable in size, leaflets up to 7, coriaceous, dark green above, elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, terminal sometimes larger than lateral. Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes; Bracts linear, minute. Calyx with short teeth; corolla yellow, lobes 5, broadly ovate-obtuse or round, reflexed when the flower is open. Fruit a berry simple or didymous, globular-ellipsoid, black when ripe, full of crimson juice. | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate, variable in size, leaflets up to 7, coriaceous, dark green above, elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, terminal sometimes larger than lateral |
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