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Jasminum abyssinicum

Botanic Family

Oleaceae

Author

Hochstetter ex de Candolle

Propagation

C.S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Eritraea
• Ethiopa
• Uganda
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Natal
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Swamp edge
• bushland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan-Mar Sep

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Shrubby climber with trifoliolate leaves, terminal leaflet 15mm long, terminal & lateral panicles or cymes of fragrant 30mm pale pink to white flowers, calyx 2mm long, very fragrant white corolla, tube to 16mm long with 5 lobes 8mm long, fruit black

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew