Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andr.
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Oleaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Clambering shrub, 2-5 m in length. Stems slender, tomentose. Leaves opposite, simple, 3-7 x 2-3.5 cm, ovate, the apex acute, the base subtruncate or cordiform, the margins entire; upper surface glabrous; lower surface tomentose, especially on the veins; petioles tomentose, 6-12 mm long. Inflorescences of axillary cymes, sessile, with numerous fragrant sessile flowers; bracts and bracteoles densely pubescent. Calyx green, ca. 1 cm long, infundibuliform, tomentose, with numerous linear lobes; corolla white, hypoerateriform, ca. 2 cm long, with 4-9 oblong lobes; stamens 2; ovary 4-lobate, the stigma bilobate. Fruits not observed on any of the collections from Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Phenology - Collected in flower from October to April.
Conservation Status - Exotic, cultivated and naturalized, rather common.
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Common Names
jazmín, jazmín de papel