Jasminum simplicifolium 

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Eudicots > Asterids > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Jasminum  simplicifolium

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Plant  information

Common name:                Stiff Jasmine 

Conservation status:  ...

Etymology:   

• Jasminum; from yasmin, a middle eastern name for other species of jasmine

Flowers:                  

• White flowers appear in winter

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a fleshy black shining berry, around 10 mm in diameter

Leaves:         

• Leaves are egg-shaped to lanceolate 3 to 7 cm long, 1 to 4 cm wide

• Leaf veins are raised both above and below the leaf

• The top of the leaf is a dark shiny green, below it is paler

• The leaf stem is 5 to 10 mm long

Stem & branches: 

• It may reach two metres in height as a shrub, but it can climb with stems to ten m long

• The plant's stems are mostly without hairs

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A shrub or creeper from the olive family

Habitat:   

• On the edge of rainforests

Distribution:                  

• Found in Australia

• North from Singleton, NSW into Queensland and west to the Northern Territory and Western Australia

• It also occurs on Lord Howe Island

Additional notes:     

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasminum_volubile (2023)