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12. Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrewswfo-0000813445

Bot. Rep. 8: t. 496. 1807; Miao in Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 61: 213. 1992; M.C.Chang et al. in C.Y.Wu & P.H.Raven, Fl. China 13: 317. 1996.— Nyctanthes multiflorum Burm.f., Fl. Ind.: 5, t. 3, fig. 1. 1768.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Climber or straggler, young shoots densely pilose. Leaves lanceolate-oblong to broadly ovate, (3–)4.5–6(–8) cm long, (1.8–)2–3(–6) cm broad; base subcordate to truncate; apex acute, usually slightly acuminate; velutinous to densely pilose beneath, pilose above; 4 primary veins on each side of the midrib, raised pilose below, slightly raised or sunk above, pilose, venation otherwise ± obscure; without domatia; petioles 4–15 mm long, densely pilose. Inflorescence terminal on axillary side-shoots, cymose corymbose, dense, 3- to many-flowered, densely pilose; bracts resembling reduced leaves; pedicels 0.5–2 mm long. Calyx tube 1–1.5 mm long; lobes filiform, 4-10 mm long, densely pilose. Corolla tube 12–17 mm long; lobes 7–8, 12–17 mm long, 4–5 mm broad. Fruit ellipsoid, 8 mm long, 5 mm diameter.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Ban Gaun Hai), Phitsanulok (Phu Rom Row); NORTH-EASTERN: Phetchabun (Phu Miang). Apparently wild, naturalized? Otherwise known in Thailand from cultivation.

Distribution : India (type), and cultivated in Myanmar, China and Indochina.

Ecology : Open thicket along streams in deciduous forests, on granitic bedrock, 575 m alt.