Jazmin De Trapo (Jasminum fluminense)
Description
Evergreen, woody, and twining vine reaching 4-6 metres in length. Stems are cylindrical, pubescent, attaining 1 cm in diameter, glabrescent when mature. Lateral branches are numerous. Leaves are opposite, trifoliolate, 5-10 cm long; leaflets 2-5 - 2-3.5 cm (terminal leaflet larger than the lateral ones), broadly ovate, involute, the apex acute or acuminate, the base sub-truncate, the margins entire; upper surface puberulent; lower surface with the mid-vein prominent, barbate in the axils of the secondary veins; petioles and petiolules pubescent, the petioles 0.5-2 cm long. Inflorescences are arranged in axillary cymes with numerous fragrant flowers; peduncles 3-4 cm long; pedicels 3-4 mm long, densely pubescent. Calyx green, approximately 3 mm long, campanulate, with 4-9 small acuminate lobes; corolla white,1.5-2.5 cm long, with 4-9 lobes; stamens 2; ovary 4-lobate, the stigma bilobate. Fruit is a purple or almost blackberry, shiny, globose, 5-8 mm in diameter (Acevedo-Rodr-guez, 2005).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Oleaceae
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Genus: Jasminum
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