Jasminum simplicifolium

Description

Usually flowers and fruits as a shrub but can grow as a vine. Vine stem diameters to 3 cm recorded. Leaf blades about 4.5-9 x 1.5-4 cm, petioles about 0.3-2 cm long. Pulvinus or articulation located towards the base of the petiole 3-4 mm prior to its junction with the twig. Petiole channelled on the upper surface above the pulvinus or articulation. Flowers strongly perfumed. Calyx lobes 5-8, each about 0.2-1 mm long, fused to form a tube about 2 mm long. Corolla 5-9-lobed, each lobe glabrous, about 6-11 mm long, corolla tube about 8-13 mm long. Anthers linear, about 2.5-4 mm long, not exserted. Ovary with one ovule per locule. Style about 10-13 mm long, stigma about 2-3 mm long.