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7. Jasminum adenophyllum Wall. ex C.B.Clarkewfo-0000813751

in Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 3: 597. 1882; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 314. 1923; Gagnep. in Fl. Gén. I.-C. 3: 1053. 1933; Kerr in Fl. Siam. En. 2: 395. 1939. Fig. 24.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Woody climber, young shoots glabrous or scattered puberulent. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 6–15 cm long, 2.5–7 cm broad, base attenuate onto the grooved petiole; apex slightly aceminate; glabrous; 4 or 5 primary veins on each side of the midrib, raised below, but not reticulate, slightly sunk above, joining to form a distinct submarginal vein; 3–4 tufted domatia in the axils of the primary nerves with the midrib below; petioles 5–20 mm long, glabrous or pilose above. Inflorescence axillary or terminal on short shoots, 1- to 3(–5)-flowered, glabrous; bracts linear, 2 mm long; glabrous; pedicels 1–4 cm long. Calyx tube 2 mm long; lobes 5–14 mm long, somewhat filiform, glabrous. Corolla white, fragrant; tube (9–)15–20 mm long; lobes 8 or 9, 15–20 mm long, 2–3.5 mm broad. Fruit spheroidal, 7 x 5 mm.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Fang-Chiangrai trail), Phitsanulok; SOUTH-WESTERN: Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, (Hin Dat); CENTRAL: Ang Thong (Howa Pie), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); PENINSULAR: Surat Thani (Khao Phra Mi), Phuket (Phangnga, Nop Pring), Nakhon Si Thammarat (Ronpibun Hill), Trang (Khao Chong, Palien – type of Jasminum trangense: Kerr 19099 -BK BM K), Yala (Biserat).

Distribution : India (Meghalaya – type), Vietnam, Malay Peninsula (Selangore, Penang).

Ecology : Dry evergreen forests, bamboo thickets and scrub jungle, from near sea level to 500 m alt.

Vernacular : Mali wan (มะลิวัลย์).

Notes: Although recorded from scrub jungle at Bangkok it has also been collected from a garden there (Marcan 1460).