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Jasminum polyanthum

Botanic Family

Oleaceae

Author

Franchet

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C. ornamental with cultivars

Common Names

• Pink Jasmine
• Chinese Jasmine
• Florist's Jasmine
• Spring Jasmine
• Duo hua su xin (Pinyin)
• Dog's Tooth Flower

Geographical Habitats

• Guizhou
• Sichuan
• Yunnan - China
• Myanmar

Natural Habitats

• Thickets & woodland
• montane forest
• scrubland

Flowering Times

• Feb-Oct (China) Spring to Summer

Fruiting Times

• Nov (China)

Evergreen woody glabrous twining vine or shrub with pinnate foliage with 5-7 leaflets. Terminal or axillary racemes or panicles to 50 flowers, scented 25mm white flowers, pink tube 30mm long, lobes 15mm, reddish outside, fruit a black berry to 11mm diameter

Cultivated as an ornamental and for aromatic oil

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• USNH
• JAA
• Kew