Botanical Name - Jasminum rigidum

----- J. rigidum, Zenker.; F.B.I. III-598. Brandi's Ind. Trees, 450. Gamble's Ind. Timbers, 467. Vern. Pedda-malle, Tel.

----- A rigid erect shrub. Leaves opposite, simple, thinly coriaceous, shining, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long. Flowers in 1-5 flowered sessile cymes; pedicles short, Calyx glabrous; calyx-teeth rigid, twice the length of tube or longer; corolla-tube 1/3 in. long. lobes shorter than tubes.

----- Common in the Godavari forests. Flowers March and April.