• Family : Oleaceae
  (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
• Synonym(s) : Jasminum primulinum Hemsl. ex Baker
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Jasminum mesnyi Hance
• Common name : Japanese jasmine
• Vernacular name : Japani chameli (Hindi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Grown as garden plant, also as a hedge plant
• Key identification features : Shrubby rambler with angled branches. Leaves trifoliate, stalked. Flowers mostly double, bright yellow with deeper golden eye, solitary on long axillary stalks
• Flower, Fruit : February-March
• Distribution :
  • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
• Native : S. Central China to Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Exotic
• World Distribution : Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Florida, Honduras, India, Mexico Southeast, Pakistan, West Himalaya
• Literature : Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 41
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Jasminum mesnyi. Downloaded on 4 March 2021.

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