• Scientific Name: Jasminum elongatum (P.J.Bergius) Willd.
• Ref: Sp. Pl. 1:37. 1797
• Synonyms:
  • Jasminum acuminatissimum Blume
  • J. aemulum R.Br.
  • J. affine Blume
  • J. amplexicaule Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don
  • J. arenarium Ridl.
  • J. aristatum Wall.
  • J. aristatum Zipp. ex Span.
  • J. bifarium Wall. ex G.Don
  • J. bracteatum Roxb.
  • J. cordifolium subsp. andamanicum S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor
  • J. distichum Blume
  • J. ensatum Blume
  • J. esquirolii H.Lév.
  • J. evansii Ridl.
  • J. forstenii Blume
  • J. fraternum Miq.
  • J. fulvum Blume
  • J. gibbsiae Ridl.
  • J. glabriusculum Blume
  • J. glabrum Willd. ex Link
  • J. heteropleurum Blume
  • J. horsfieldii Miq.
  • J. lancifolium Decne.
  • J. lessertianum A.DC.
  • J. ligustrinum Blume
  • J. ligustroides L.C.Chia
  • J. mixtinervium Blume
  • J. nummularoides Blume
  • J. pedale Blume
  • J. pendulum Blume
  • J. pubescens var. bracteatum (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke
  • J. quinquenervium Blume
  • J. scandens Griff.
  • J. subelongatum Blume
  • J. subpubescens Blume
  • J. tonkinense Gagnep.
  • J. triandrum C.E.C.Fisch.
  • J. undulatum Ker Gawl.
  • J. vulcanicum Blume
  • Mogorium elongatum (P.J.Bergius) Lam.
• English Common Name: elongated jasmine
• Chinese Common Name: 扭肚藤 niǔdù∙téng, 谢三娘 Xiè Sānniáng
• Family: Oleaceae
• Genus: Jasminum
• Distribution: Thickets, mixed forests; 0-900 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam; N Australia]
• Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong

Shrubs scandent, 1-7 m. Branchlets terete, slightly pubescent to densely tomentose. Leaves opposite, simple; petiole 2-6 mm; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, (1.5-)3-11 × 2-5.5 cm, papery, pubescent or glabrescent except for hairy veins abaxially, base rounded, truncate, or subcordate, apex usually acute; primary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midrib. Cymes terminal or axillary, many flowered, congested; bracts linear or ovate-lanceolate, 1-5(-9) mm. Pedicel 1-4 mm. Calyx densely tomentose to glabrescent; lobes 6-8, subulate-filiform, 5-10(-14) mm. Corolla white, salverform; tube 1.5-2 (-3) cm; lobes 6-9, lanceolate, 8-11(-14) mm. Berry black, subglobose or ovoid, 1-1.2 cm × 5-8 mm. Fl. Apr-Dec, fr. Aug-Mar. 2n = 26*. (Flora of China)

06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden