Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Jasminum didymum subsp. racemosum Click on images to enlarge Family Oleaceae Scientific Name Jasminum didymum subsp. racemosum (F.Muell.) P.S.Green Green, P.S. (1984) Allertonia 3 : 411. Common name Inflorescence and flowers. Copyright A. Ford & F. Goulter Jasmine, Native; Native Jasmine Stem Usually grows into a slender woody vine, but can also flower and fruit as a shrub. Leaves Leaf blades about 2.5-5.5 x 0.7-1.1 cm. Middle leaflet blade and stalk of the middle leaflet longer than the Leaves and fruit. Copyright A. Ford & F. Goulter corresponding parts of the lateral leaflets. Flowers Flowers strongly but pleasantly perfumed. Calyx lobes small and inconspicuous. Corolla lobes about 2.5-4 mm long, tube about 4.5-9 mm long. Anthers linear, about 3-4 mm long, filaments about 0.5-1 mm long. Style about 2.5-4.5 mm long. Stigma bilobed, about 1-2 mm long. Fruit Fruits orbicular, about 8 mm diam. Seeds about 7 x 5-6 mm. Seedlings Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO Cataphylls (2-4 alternate) sometimes produced before the first pair of true leaves. First pair of true leaves simple, about 10-12 x 6-7 mm, or trifoliolate with the middle leaflet about 10-15 x 3-5 mm. Upper and lower leaflet surfaces clothed in short hairs. At the tenth leaf stage: leaves trifoliolate, the middle leaflet ovate, much larger than the elliptic lateral leaflets, leaflets three-veined towards the base, lateral veins two to four on each side of the midrib, midrib depressed on the upper surface. Terminal bud, stem and petiole clothed in short, erect, pale hairs which are visible with a lens. Distribution and Ecology Occurs in CYP, NEQ, CEQ and southwards to south-eastern Queensland. Altitudinal range in northern Australia from near sea level to 350-850 m. Grows in monsoon forest and vine thickets, but is also found in Cotyledon and 1st leaf stage, hypogeal germination. woodland and similar sparsely vegetated habitats. Also occurs in New Guinea. Copyright CSIRO Natural History & Notes Herb (herbaceous or woody, under 1 m tall) X Shrub (woody or herbaceous, 1-6 m tall) X Slender Vine 10th leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO X Synonyms Jasminum racemosum F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1: 19(1858), Type: In silvis Araucariarum pone sinum Moreton Bay. Hill and Mueller. Holo: K. RFK Code 2513 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images..