Common name: Pink jasmine, Winter jasmine, Chinese jasmine • Hindi: गुलाबी चमेली Gulabi chameli • Tamil: ஜாதி மல்லி Jaadi-malli
Botanical name: Jasminum polyanthum Family: Oleaceae (Jasmine family)
Fast growing twining vine with glossy, compound leaves and very fragrant
white flowers. Though called "Pink" it is only the buds that are pale pink.
When opened the star-shaped flowers are pure white. Flowering is usually
prolific, and growth is rampant. Vines reach a height of about 20 ft.
Native to southeastern China, pink jasmine is a popular landscape and
greenhouse plant. In warmer climates, pink jasmine can be used freely to
cover walls and high fences, to grow on arbors, or train up any surface
where a verdant cover is desirable. This is especially nice grown around
windows, where it can provide a visual frame and where its heavenly scent
can waft inside.
| Photographed in J.N.U., Delhi. |
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