1. Home
2. Jasminum fluminense

Jasminum fluminense

Botanic Family

Oleaceae

Author

Velloso

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Olopito (Kimaasai)
• Mpata (Kimatumbi)
• Jazmin Oloroso
• Jazmin de Canario
• Jazmin de Trapo

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Nov

Twining woody liana or scandent shrub with terminal & axillary panicles or subterminal corymbs of fragrant 25mm white flowers, buds maroon, fruit dark blue, purple or black when ripe to 8mm diameter, trifoliolate leaves, puberulent above, barbate in axils of secondary veins beneath

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Kew