Bark
Young branches green and glabrous, becoming brown and woody with age.
Jasminum cuspidatum
Syn. Jasminum rigidum
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
(NE)
Local name
- Pointed-Leaf Jasmine (English)
- Adavia malle (Kannada)
- Urumikol (Malayalam)
Shrub type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Oleaceae
2m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Leaves are 4–6 × 2–3 cm, lance-shaped, pointed at tip, round at base; nerves from the base and from midrib, distinct below; leaf-stalk 2–3 mm long.
Flower
Borne in cymes at branch-ends or in leaf-axils, lax. Flower-cluster-stalks are 5–10 cm long, hairless; bracts 1–2 mm long, subulate, occur 3–5 together; flower-stalk 5 mm long, stout.
Fruit / Seeds
Berry is 8 × 7 mm, ovoid, hairless.
Did you know?
The species name cuspidatum comes from the Latin cuspis, meaning “pointed” or “spear tip,” referring to the sharply pointed tips of its glossy leaves. This feature is also reflected in the Tamil name Oosimalligai, where Oosi means “needle.”
Distribution
S. India to Myanmar.