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Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait.

Synonym:  Nyctanthes sambac L.

OLEACEAE

Local Names : കുടമുല്ല, Arabian jasmine, Mogori Sambac.

Flowering Period : THroughout the Year.

Distribution : Sri Lanka through India to Myanmar

Uses:   Ornamental, Essential oil, Aphrodisiac, Perfume.

Exotic : No.

 Scandent or suberect shrub. Leaves opposite or in whorls of three, entire, elliptic, glabrous, shining above; nerves prominent beneath. Flowers fragrant, in few-flowered terminal cymes; bracts linear. Calyx teeth 5-9, V-shaped, pubescent. Corolla white, simple or double, lobes 5-9, oblong. Berry simple, black when ripe, surrounded by the suberect subulate calyx teeth.