| Family: Oleaceae | Genus: Jasminum | Species: Jasminum grandiflorum Linn.( चमेली ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
| Synonym | Jasminum aureum D.Don, Jasminum officinale f. grandiflorum (Linn.) Kobuski | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Chameli | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Royal Jasmine, Spanish jasmine, Catalonian jasmine | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Chameli | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 500-1500 m. | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit berry, black , elliptic, globose berries when ripe. |
| Habitat | Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests, Naturalized also Cultivated. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Subtropical North West Himalaya. | Bark Details | Smooth, climbing and greenish in colour. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Sonepat | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Large shrub, often scandent; branches striate, glabrous, green. Leaves opposite, petiolate, petiole and midrib margined; leaflets 7-11, glabrous, dark green, ovate lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers fragrant, in lax axillary or terminal cymes; bracts linear, 5 mm long. Calyx teeth 5, linear, 7-12 mm long. Corolla white, sometimes tinged with red outside, lobes 5, oblong, shorter than the tube, involute at the margins. Fruit berry, black , elliptic, globose berries when ripe. | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite, petiolate, petiole and midrib margined; leaflets 7-11, glabrous, dark green, ovate lanceolate, acuminate. |