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Jasminum elongatum

Botanic Family

Oleaceae

Author

(P.J. Bergius) Willdenow

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Niu du teng (Pinyin)
• Native Jasmine
• Mi hua su xin (Pinyin)
• Pha Its Nan (Laos)
• Melor Hutan (Singapore)
• Akar Pakan Hutan (Malaysia)
• Akar Pakan Betina (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland
• Northern Territories
• Western Australia - Australia
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Bengal
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Pahang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Vietnam
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest
• Rainforests
• woodland
• hedgerows
• shrubland
• coastal
• riverside
• rain forest edge
• clearings. Medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• Apr-Dec (China)
• Apr-Oct (Australia)
• Nov-May (China) Feb (Malaysia) Jan
• Oct (New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Mar (China)
• Apr-Jun (China)

Tall scandent glabrescent woody evergreen twining shrub or scrambling climber with hairy stems to 10m. Mucronate leaves to 150mm x 60mm downy on margins & ribs beneath, glabrous above, downy petioles & branchets. Terminal or axillary cymes or fascicles 80mm long with bracts to 25mm long & bracteoles, of up to 5 flowers, 30mm fragrant solitary white flowers, tubes to 30mm, lobes to 18mm x 5mm, toothed calyx, villous calyx tube to 3.5mm long with 5-7 lobes to 6mm long or more, glabrous corolla tube to 25mm long with 5-9 lobes to 17mm x 5mm, & yellow or black berries to 15mm x 12mm

Further References

• FOC
• FI
• Jones & Gray 1977
• Wrigley & Fagg 1979
• Bodkin
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FA
• Fedde
• FS
• JFM
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• JAA
• GBS
• Kew
• IFV