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| Jasminum dichotomum Vahl |
Jasminium dichotomum (Gold Coast Jasmine) is a species of jasmine, in the family Oleaceae. Martin Vahl (born October 10, 1749 in Bergen - died December 24, 1804 in Copenhagen) was a Danish - Jasmine or Jessamine ( Jasminum) (from Persian yasmin, ie "gift from God" via Arabic) is a Genus of Shrubs The Oleaceae, or olive family, is a Plant family containing 24 extant genera and around 600 Species of Mesophytic
The plant is an evergreen climber which grows as a rambling shrub or woody vine. A vine is any plant of Genus Vitis (the Grape plants or by extension any similar climbing or trailing plant The flowers are quite fragrant and open at night, coloured pink when budding then white; these appear at the leaf axils in cluster. It blooms year round. The leaves are opposite. The fleshy fruit is small.
The species is endemic to tropical West Africa, but it has been introduced to other regions. West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. In the Florida area of the United States of America, this plant is an invasive weed; introduced as an ornamental plant in the 1920. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower Garden or as House plants Most commonly they are grown for the display of their Flowers Other common Spreading from gardens in the 1970s, in areas with soil disturbance, the species began occupying hammocks and forests. Hammocks are dense stands of Hardwood trees that grow on natural rises of only a few inches higher than surrounding marshland that is otherwise too wet to support them
Its vining habit can be trimmed in a dense shrub. Glossy leaves are very ornamental in contrast with dark pink buds and snow white flowers.
Synonyms for this species include: Jasminum brevipes, J. bukobense, J. gardeniodorum, J. gossweileri, J. guineense, J. mathildae, J. noctiflorum, J. ternifolium, J. ternum.
References
- www. fleppc. org/ID_book/jasminum%20dichotomum. pdf
- Jasminum dichotomum. Vascular Plants. Atlas of Florida.
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