WorldFloraDB - Jasminum mesnyi

Characteristics

Subshrubs erect, evergreen, 0.5-5 m. Branchlets 4-angled, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 3-foliolate or simple at base of branchlets; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate or elliptic, sometimes suborbicular, 3-5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, along with leaflet blade subleathery, glabrescent, veins obscure; leaflet blade narrowly ovate or ovate-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, base cuneate, apex blunt and mucronulate, terminal one 2.5-6.5 × 0.5-2.2 cm, basally decurrent into a short petiolule, lateral ones sessile, 1.5-4 × 0.6-2 cm. Flowers usually solitary, axillary or rarely terminal; bracts leafy, obovate or lanceolate, 5-10 mm. Pedicel 3-8 mm. Calyx campanulate; lobes 5-8, leafy, lanceolate, 4-7 mm. Corolla yellow, funnelform, 2-4.5 cm in diam.; tube 1-1.5 cm; lobes 6-8, doubled in cultivation, broadly obovate or oblong, 1.1-1.8 cm. Berry ellipsoid, 6-8 mm in diam. Fl. Nov-Aug, fr. Mar-May. 2n = 24, 26*.

More

Evergreen, almost glabrous, suberect or rambling shrub; stems long, green, angular, arching. Lvs opposite, 3-foliolate; petiole 1-1.5 cm long. Terminal leaflet shortly petiolulate, 3-7 × 1-2 cm, lanceolate to elliptic, entire; base narrow-cuneate; apex mucronate; lateral leaflets sessile, smaller, but otherwise similar. Fls solitary, on short peduncles bearing several leafy bracts to c. 1 cm long. Calyx 7-10 mm long, divided almost to base; lobes lanceolate or narrow-elliptic, glabrate or puberulent above, acute or mucronulate. Corolla c. 3 cm long, yellow, semi-double; tube c. 1 cm long, narrow-funnelform; lobes each divided up to 10 times, mostly 1.5-2 cm long, broad-elliptic, glabrous, almost patent, with rounded apex. Style = length of tube. Fr. not seen.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0 - 1.5

Mature height (meter)

1.5 - 2.5

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

-

Environment

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

Usage

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Diabetes mellitus (leaf), Antioxidants (unspecified)
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	-