Indian jasmine - Jasminum multiflorum

Common Name :	Musk jasmine, Downy jasmine, Indian jasmine, etc.
Botanical Name :	Jasminum multiflorum
Family :	Oleaceae
Bangla Name :	Kundo (কুন্দ ফুল), Megh mollika (মেঘমল্লিকা).
Photo Taken :	Bangladesh, India

Kunda is an interesting flower that is native to our South Asian region. It has plenty of common names such as Dowry jasmine, Musk jasmine, Indian jasmine, Winter jasmine, Star jasmine, and many more! Even in Bengali it has few names such as Meghmollika, Tara beli, Lota beli, etc. Botanical name of the plant is Jasminum multiflorum and belongs to the plant family Oleaceae (where all jasmine flowers reside).

Indian jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum) is a woody vine grows as a bush. The leafs are alternately arranged and oval shaped (tipped at the end). Leafs and young branches are hairy. People grow this plant as a bush at garden or put it over a structure to crawl.

Flowers of Indian jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum) are delicately beautiful those bloom as a cluster. Color is white as snow (although another verity is seen with purple bract). The flowers are slightly tubular with eight lobbed petals. Flowers are too much showy and sometimes it covers the plant totally. Unlike other jasmine flowers this one doesn't have any smell.

Propagation of this plant can be done using cutting and from the root. Gardeners prefer this flower as it brings plenty of flowers during winter, spring and summer.

Photos of Indian jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum) were taken from the following locations:

1) February 2015: Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
2) April 2015: Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3) January 2016: Kolkata Botanic Garden, India.


This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icflora.blogspot.com/