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Jasminum elongatum Willd.

Native jasmine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Jasminum

Characteristics

Shrubs scandent, 1-7 m. Branchlets terete, slightly pubescent to densely tomentose. Leaves opposite, simple; petiole 2-6 mm; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, (1.5-)3-11 × 2-5.5 cm, papery, pubescent or glabrescent except for hairy veins abaxially, base rounded, truncate, or subcordate, apex usually acute; primary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midrib. Cymes terminal or axillary, many flowered, congested; bracts linear or ovate-lanceolate, 1-5(-9) mm. Pedicel 1-4 mm. Calyx densely tomentose to glabrescent; lobes 6-8, subulate-filiform, 5-10(-14) mm. Corolla white, salverform; tube 1.5-2 (-3) cm; lobes 6-9, lanceolate, 8-11(-14) mm. Berry black, subglobose or ovoid, 1-1.2 cm × 5-8 mm. Fl. Apr-Dec, fr. Aug-Mar. 2n = 26*.
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A scrambling vine. The leaves are oval and 3-12 cm long by 2-5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 7.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Very common in open or disturbed primary and secondary forest and forest fringes; at elevations from sea-level up to about 1,500 metres, occasionally to 3,000 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The flowers are used to flavour tea and rice.
Uses material medicinal tea
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use Diuretics (aerial part), Dysentery (leaf), Eczema (leaf), Lymphedema (leaf), Rheumatoid arthritis (leaf), Dysentery (stem), Eczema (stem), Lymphedema (stem), Rheumatoid arthritis (stem), Ague (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Vertigo (unspecified), Yaws (unspecified), Stomach ulcer (unspecified), Diuretics (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Jasminum elongatum world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:609469-1
WFO ID wfo-0000814059
COL ID 3QMG5
BDTFX ID 36280
INPN ID 104032
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Synonyms

Jasminum pendulum Jasminum lancifolium Jasminum amplexicaule Jasminum affine Jasminum acuminatissimum Jasminum aemulum Mogorium elongatum Nyctanthes elongata Jasminum subpubescens Jasminum aristatum Jasminum forstenii Jasminum esquirolii Jasminum elongatum Jasminum evansii Jasminum quinquenervium Jasminum tonkinense Jasminum triandrum Jasminum nummularoides Jasminum pedale Jasminum lessertianum Jasminum ligustrinum Jasminum ligustroides Jasminum mixtinervium Jasminum undulatum Jasminum scandens Jasminum arenarium Jasminum aristatum Jasminum bracteatum Jasminum bifarium Jasminum glabrum Jasminum gibbsiae Jasminum fraternum Jasminum fulvum Jasminum glabriusculum Jasminum horsfieldii Jasminum heteropleurum Jasminum ensatum Jasminum distichum Jasminum aemulum f. interstans Jasminum aemulum f. glabrum Jasminum multiflorum f. acuminatissimum Jasminum multiflorum f. glabriusculum Jasminum multiflorum f. subelongatum Jasminum multinervium Jasminum vulcanicum Jasminum coarctum var. caudatifolium Jasminum cordifolium subsp. andamanicum Jasminum aemulum var. brassii Jasminum aemulum var. glaberrimum Jasminum forstenii var. ensatum Jasminum pubescens var. bracteataum Jasminum bifarium var. glabrum Jasminum subelongatum Jasminum aemulum var. genuinum
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