Trachelospermum jasminoides
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine or Confederate Jasmine; syn. Rhynchospermum jasminoides Lindl.) is a species of Trachelospermum native to eastern and southeastern Asia, in Japan, Korea, southern China, and Vietnam.Flora of China: Trachelospermum jasminoidesGermplasm Resources Information Network: Trachelospermum jasminoidesIt is an evergreen woody liana growing to 10 m high. The leaves are opposite, oval to lanceolate, 2-10 cm long and 1-4.5 cm broad, with an entire margin and an acuminate apex. The flowers are white, 1–2 cm diameter, with a tube-like corolla opening out into five petal-like lobes. The fruit is a slender follicle 10-25 cm long and 3-10 mm broad, containing numerous seeds.
Cultivation and uses
A perfume is extracted from the flowers, and a bast fibre from the stems.It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant, particularly in the southerastern United States.Next Page
This article is based on an article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and is available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
In the Wikipedia there is a list with all authors of this article available.