WorldFloraDB - Jasminum beesianum

Characteristics

Vines woody, twining, 1-3 m. Branchlets 4-angled, twisted, pubescent when young, rarely densely villous. Leaves opposite, simple; petiole 0.5-3 mm, villous; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, rarely suborbicular, 1-4 × 0.3-1.8 cm, papery or subleathery, glabrous to pubescent or villous, base rounded, truncate, or broadly cuneate, apex acute to acuminate; primary veins 1-3 on each side of midrib, obscure, sometimes only basal pair slightly obvious. Cymes lateral, 2-5-flowered, or flowers solitary in leaf axils; bracts linear, 4-10 mm. Pedicel 0.2-1.8 cm, glabrous or pubescent. Calyx glabrous or villous; lobes 5-7, subulate-linear, 3-10 mm. Corolla red or purple, funnelform; tube 0.9-1.5 cm, villous below throat inside; lobes 4-8, ovate-orbicular, 3-9 mm. Berry black, globose or ellipsoid, 5-12 × 5-9 mm. Fl. Nov-Jun, fr. Jun-Nov. 2n = 26.

More

Low scrambling or climbing shrub. Stems glabrous or puberulent, angular, stoloniferous. Lvs opposite, simple, entire; petiole 1-4 mm long. Lamina 1.5-4.5-(5) × 0.5-1.5-(3) cm, lanceolate to ovate, usually hairy, especially on veins below, rarely glabrous; base broad-cuneate or rounded; apex acute or mucronate. Cymes terminal on short lateral shoots, 1-3-flowered; pedicels 5-17 mm long, not slender. Calyx 7-9 mm long, glabrous; tube c. 2 mm long; lobes aristate or setose. Corolla deep pink or almost crimson; tube 1-1.2 cm long, funnelform; lobes c. 5 mm long, elliptic, hairy in throat, ciliolate, with rounded apices. Style nearly = tube. Mature berry not seen, globose, black.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

2.5 - 4.0

Mature height (meter)

2.5 - 5.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.

Mode	cuttings
Germination duration (days)	20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 23
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-