... divine jasmine

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,

Saw this wild beauty during mid-April during our trip around Belgaum.
Both Prashant and Shrikant ji were thrilled looking at this armed shrub, profusely flowering and of course the fragrance was divine.

 

commonly known as: divine jasmine, grey emetic nut • Assamese: bon bongana • Bengali: কুসুম kusum • Coorgi: ಕಾರೆ ಮರ kare mara • Garo: agendra, suskeng • Kannada: ಕಾರೆ kare • Konkani: पेंडारी pendari • Malayalam: മലങ്കാര malankaara, പിണ്ടിച്ചക്ക pinticcakka • Marathi: पेंडारी pendari • Oriya: potua, telko • Sanskrit: पिण्डालु pindalu, पिण्डितक pinditaka • Tamil: பெருங்காரை peru-n-karai • Telugu: అడవి మంగ adavi manga

botanical names: Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre ... synonyms: Catunaregam uliginosa (Retz.) Manilal & Sivar. • Gardenia uliginosa Retz. (basionym) • Randia uliginosa (Retz.) Poir. • Xeromphis uliginosa (Retz.) Maheshw.

    

Regards.
Dinesh

[Na Bha]

Thanks for the beautiful fotos. what a pity that one can't attact the fragrance to a mail.

[Prashant awale]

Yes Dinesh. It was great site. I think we were at the right spot at the right time. Nice photos.
 Here are few photos of the same plant.

Regards
Prashant