Species
Jasminum humile
Etymology
Jasminum: Believed to be derived from 'ysmyn', the Arabic name for Jasmine.
humile: lowest
Common Name(s)
yellow jasmine
Family
Oleaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Features
Erect or sub-erect evergreen, glabrous or almost glabrous shrub to around 2.5m high. Shoots strongly angled. Leaves alternate, pinnate, with 3~7 sessile leaflets; petiole usu. .5~1.5cm long. Terminal leaflet .7~5 x .4~2cm, elliptic, lanceolate or ovate, entire, sometimes minutely ciliate on margins; base narrow- to broad-cuneate; apex acute or short-acuminate; lateral leaflets often shorter and wider. Cymes axillary, 3~10-flowered (sometimes more in cultivation), usu. glabrous, occasionally puberulent; pedicels 5~25mm long, slender. Calyx 2~3mm long; tube campanulate; teeth very short, acute. Corolla 1.5~2cm long, yellow, single; tube 1.2~1.5cm long; lobes around .5cm long, elliptic, generally rounded, minutely ciliate. Style around half length of tube. Fruit 6~8mm diam., globular or 2-lobed, black, glossy; pulp scanty, black. (- Webb et. al., 1988)
Flowering
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Flower Colours
Yellow
Year Naturalised
1958
Origin
temp Himalayan, SW China
Reason for Introduction
Ornamental
Life Cycle and Dispersal
Perennial
References and further reading
Johnson, A. T. and Smith, H. A (1986). Plant Names Simplified: Their pronunciation, derivation and meaning. Landsman Bookshop Ltd: Buckenhill, UK.
This page last updated on 5 Jun 2014