Family: Oleaceae

Common Name: जाई, जूई

Etymology - Genus: Latinized form of Persian name

Etymology - Species: Shaped like an ear, eared

Ecosystem: Evergreen

Origin: Native

Location: Garden plant

Description: This is a garden plant, grows into thick, woody liana. Young branches are downy pubescent to smooth glabrous.Trifoliate leaf, arranged opposite and superposed.Lateral leaflets are very small as compared to terminal leaflet. Leaf show variations - Ovate-mucronate, pubescent to elliptic-acute, glabrous.Polychasial inflorescence with presence of foliaceous (leafy) bract.White flowers blossom in the evening and fade by morning. Characteristic very pleasant fragrance.Minute pointed calyx. Petals fused into a narrow tube with 7-9 linear, white petals spreading in star shape. Two stamens and stigma are completely covered in the petal tube. Style is very short.Fruits are rarely observed. Branch cutting generally survives.

Root type: Taproot-Woody hard

Stem Appearance: Liana

Stem Cross Section: Circular

Stem Texture: Creamy white bark

Root-Stem-Bark Description: This is a garden plant, grows into thick, woody liana. Young branches are downy pubescent to smooth glabrous.

Leaf - Characters

Attachment: Petiolate

Stipules: Exstipulate

Leaf Type: Trifoliolate

Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral

Leaf Description: Trifoliate leaf, arranged opposite and superposed.

Leaflet - Characters

Lamina: Ovate

Lamina Bases: Ovate to elliptic

Lamina Margins: Entire

Lamina Apices: Mucronate to acute

Lamina Texture: Glabrous

Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate

Leaflet Description: Lateral leaflets are very small as compared to terminal leaflet. Leaf show variations - Ovate-mucronate, pubescent to elliptic-acute, glabrous.

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Fruit type Description: Fruits are rarely observed. Branch cutting generally survives.

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

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