Jasminum multiflorum Andrews

Star jasmine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Jasminum

Characteristics

Scrambling shrubs to 6 m tall; branching mostly opposite, the branches sub-tended by ridges resembling stipular scars, the twigs tomentose, sometimes in lines; pubescence of yellowish, crinkly, simple hairs. Leaves simple, entire, to 5 cm long, ovate to cordate, apically acuminate, acute, obtuse or rounded, often mucronulate, basally cordate or truncate, the lateral veins 4-5 on each side, ascend-ing-arcuate, not anastomosing at the margins, the major veins prominent and tomentose beneath, above glabrate but pubescent on the major veins and near the margins, beneath evenly pubescent overall with curved yellowish hairs; peti-oles short, ca. 5 mm long, tomentose, articulated near the middle. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, a congested panicle or capitulum, many-flowered; peduncles tomentose; pedicels short or wanting. Flowers fragrant, heterostylous; calyx of 5-8 linear, 8-12 mm long, long-pubescent teeth; corolla white, drying brownish, salverform, the tube 15-20 mm long, sometimes curved, the lobes narrowly el-liptical, 15-20 mm long, to 10 mm wide; anthers ca. 5 mm long; style branches exserted, fusiform, the 2 carpels separated by a prominent sterile plate. Fruits not seen.
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Shrubs, scrambler or weak climbers to 3 m. Branchlets terete, densely pilose. Leaves opposite, simple; petiole 5-10 mm, densely pilose; leaf blade ovate-cordate, often broadly so, 3-8 × 1.5-5 cm, papery, ± scattered pilose on both surfaces, glabrescent, except on midrib and veins, base cordate, apex acute to sometimes slightly acuminate, mucronulate; primary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midrib. Inflorescences terminal on side shoots, many flowered, congested; bracts leafy, basal ovate, 1.5-2 cm, upper linear, 3-5 mm. Pedicel 0-2 mm. Calyx densely pilose; tube ca. 1 mm; lobes 6-9, filiform, (2-)5-7 mm. Corolla white, sweetly scented; tube 1.2-1.5 cm; lobes 7-9, acute, 1-1.5 cm. Fruit not seen. Fl. Oct-Apr.
A scrambling shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves are opposite and simple. They are broadly oval and 3-8 cm long by 1.5-5 cm wide. The flowers are white and have a scent.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Not known
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food material medicinal social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use Analgesics (aerial part), Anthelmintics (aerial part), Anticonvulsants (aerial part), Central nervous system diseases (aerial part), Diuretics (aerial part), Burns (bark), Hair loss (flower), Antidotes (flower), Antifungal agents (flower), Antirheumatic agents (flower), Cardiotonic agents (flower), Coronary disease (flower), Emetics (flower), Headache (flower), Heart diseases (flower), Inflammation (flower), Lactation disorders (flower), Laxatives (flower), Nematode infections (flower), Antifungal agents (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Coronary disease (leaf), Cough (leaf), Galactogogues (leaf), Headache (leaf), Heart diseases (leaf), Nematode infections (leaf), Skin ulcer (leaf), Stomach diseases (leaf), Typhoid fever (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Hemorrhoids (root), Menstruation-inducing agents (root), Snake bites (root), Vision disorders (root), Nematode infections (stem), Sore (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Emetics (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Emetics (whole plant), 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

Leaf

Jasminum multiflorum leaf picture by Taufiq Shaikh (cc-by-sa)
Jasminum multiflorum leaf picture by jeremy fernandez (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Jasminum multiflorum flower picture by Ramanan Venkataraman (cc-by-sa)
Jasminum multiflorum flower picture by Uday Wali (cc-by-sa)
Jasminum multiflorum flower picture by Uday Wali (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Jasminum multiflorum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Puerto Rico, Thailand, United States of America, Viet Nam, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:609641-1
WFO ID wfo-0000813445
COL ID 3QMM7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 445864
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Jasminum multiflorum Jasminum gracillimum Jasminum congestum Mogorium pubescens Mogorium multiflorum Jasminum multiflorum f. pubescens Jasminum pubescens Jasminum multiflorum var. nicobaricum Nyctanthes pubescens Nyctanthes multiflora