Jasminum fluminense Vell.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo

Synonyms:	Jasminum mauritianum Bojer ex DC.
Common names:
Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Woody climber or scrambler. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate to near-circular. Flowers white, sometimes tinged with pink, sweetly scented. Fruit a glossy brown to black berry, sometimes 2-lobed.
Notes:	This species and Jasminum abyssinicum are our only two native species of Jasminum with compound leaves.
Derivation of specific name:	fluminense: of rivers
Habitat:	In riverine vegetation
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Throughout Africa and extending to Arabia and the Seychelles; introduced to South America
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:	CS
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 14 July 2012
Literature:	Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 87. (Includes a picture).

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