Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Jasminum > Jasminum abyssinicumJasminum abyssinicum (Forest jasmine)Synonyms: Jasminum abyssinicum var. amplifolium; Jasminum butaguense; Jasminum fraseri; Jasminum mearnsii; Jasminum rutshuruense; Jasminum ruwenzoriense; Jasminum wittei; Jasminum wyliei Jasminium abyssinicum (forest jasmine) is a species of jasmine, in the family Oleaceae. Jasminum abyssinicum is a strong to slender woody climber in high-altitude montane forests, climbing into the forest canopy which stems that can be robust up to 13 cm in diameter. The leaves are opposite, trifoliolate; leaflets are broadly ovate with a distinct driptip, dark glossy green above, hairless except for pockets of hairs in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are produced at the ends twigs or in axils of leaves. The flowers are white, tinged with pink on the outside, sweetly scented with a corolla with 5 or sometimes 6 elliptic lobes. The fruits are a single- or bi-lobbed berry 7 mm long, fleshy, glossy black. |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Diet of Grauer’s Gorillas in the Montane Forest of Kahuzi, Democratic Republic of Congo; Juichi Yamagiwa, Augustin Kanyunyi Basabose, Kiswele Kaleme, and Takakazu Yumoto; International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 26, No. 6, December 2005, p. 1345-1373 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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