Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews 

 Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. 

Jasminum grandiflorum L.

Vernacular name:  Spanish jasmine

Nativity:Western Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to China (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Large shrubs. Leaves opposite, pinnately compound with 7- 9 leaflets. Flowers in terminal cymes, white, pedicels  long and slender.

Flowering period: March to October

Propagation Methods: Propagated by stem cuttings (Useful Tropical Plants)

Photographed @ MFC 

Jasminum mesnyi Hance

Vernacular name:  Primrose Jasmine, Yellow Jasmine, Chinese jasmine, Japanese jasmine (Engish); Japani chameli (Hindi)

Nativity: China to Vietnam (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, trifoliate, leaflets oblong- lanceolate. Flower bright yellow, single or double.

Flowering period: February to March

Propagation Methods: Propagated by stem cuttings or by layering (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ HRC 

Jasminum multiflorum Andrews

Vernacular name:  Star jasmine (English); Ban malati, Jangali chameli (Hindi)

Nativity: Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Evergreen Shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, pilose on both surfaces, ovate, cordate atbase. Flowers sessile or subsessile in capitate axillary cymes.

Flowering period: January to April

Propagation Methods:  Propagated by stem cuttings (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Gangotri Bhawan 

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.

Vernacular name:  Coral jasmine, Night jasmine (English); Harshingar, Parijat (Hindi)

Nativity: Himalaya to Indo-China, Sumatera to Jawa (POWO, 2019)

Common Characteristics: Small trees. Leaves opposite, simple, ovate with acuminate apex. Flower white with orange centre.

Flowering period: September to December

Propagation Methods: Propagated by cuttings or by seeds (Dave’s Garden)

Photographed @ Yamunotri Bhawan