Forest Flora of Hyderabad State - by M Sharfuddin Khan
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Botanical Name - Jasminum arborescens

----- J. arborescens, Roxb.; F.B.I. III-594. Brandi's Ind. Trees, 450. Gamble's Ind. Timbers, 467. Vern. Jangli mogra, Hind. Kusar, Mar.

----- A large, usually erect, but sometimes climbing shrub. Leaves ovate, soft tomentose when young, glabrous when full grown, 3-5 in. long, petiole 1/2 - 3/4 in. Flowers white, fragrant, in lax terminal trichotomous compound cymes. Calyx-lobes 5 or 6, short, as long as or slightly longer than tube. Corolla-lobes 10 or 12, linear, as long as tube. Berries 1 or 2, ovoid often oblique, 1-third to 1/2 in. long.

----- Common on the Ghats in Aurangabad.