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Jasminum streptopus

Botanic Family

Oleaceae

Author

E. Meyer

Common Names

• Nuta Ninkuu (Kinyaturu)
• Msuke (Kimatumbi)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Somalia
• Cape Province
• Natal
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• woodland
• forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Scandent or erect shrub or herbaceous twiner with hairy stems glabrous when mature, leaves to 75mm long & pubescent both surfaces, purple fruit, 1-3 flowered terminal & axillary cymes of sweetly scented white flowers, calyx 6mm long with 4mm long teeth, 6 glabrous sepals, white corolla tube to 20mm long with 6-10 lobes to 20mm long x 2.5mm

Further References

• Mobot
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew