Jasminum arborescens

General Description:

Jasminum arborescens large sub-erect or climbing shrub with hairy branchlets, distributed along the sub-Himalayan tract and outer ranges up to an altitude of 4000 ft and in Bengal, chota Nagpur, orissa, and hills of Ganjam, Visakhapatnam and Bellary.  Leaves simple, opposite, shortly acuminate, often tomentose on both surfaces; cymes with 12 - 20 flowers, not dense; flowers white and very fragrant; carpels single, ellipsoid, black.  This species is common in sal and miscellaneous forests throughout the sub-Himalayan tract and alsont he rocky hillsides and nalas in Chota Nagpur.