''Jasminum didymum'' is a species of scrambling vine or low shrub. It is native to insular Southeast Asia from

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Subspecies

''Jasminum didymum'' is highly variable in leaf shape and habit and is subdivided into 3 subspecies based on these characteristics: *''Jasminum didymum'' subsp. ''didymum'' - wide natural distribution *''Jasminum didymum'' subsp. ''lineare'' (R.Br.) P.S.GreenGreen, Peter Shaw. 1984. Allertonia 3: 411-412. - Mainland Australia *''Jasminum didymum'' subsp. ''racemosum'' (F.Muell.) P.S.Green -

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Etymology

'Jasminum' is a

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word, 'yasemin' for sweetly scented plants.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 220

Images

File: Jasminum didymum foliage.jpg, ''J. didymum'' subsp. ''didymum'' foliage. File: Jasminum didymum fruit.jpg, ''J. didymum'' subsp. ''didymum'' fruit. File: Jasminum didymym ssp. racemosum flowers.jpg, ''Jasminum didymym'' ssp. ''racemosum'' flowers File:Jasminum didymum ssp. lineare flowers and foliage.jpg , ''Jasminum didymym'' ssp. ''lineare'' flowers

References

External links

Flora of Australia Online
didymum Flora of Queensland Eudicots of Western Australia Flora of South Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (Australia) Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Norfolk Island Flora of Malesia Flora of Papuasia Flora of Fiji Flora of New Caledonia Flora of Niue Flora of the Society Islands Plants described in 1786 {{Oleaceae-stub