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| latin_name = ''Trachelospermum jasminoides''
|familia=Apocynaceae
| common_names = Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine
|genus=Trachelospermum
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|species=jasminoides
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|common_name=Confederate jasmine, Star jasmine
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| color = IndianRed
|origin=China
| image = Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides).jpg
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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|flowers=white
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| species = jasminoides
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'''''Trachelospermum jasminoides''''' is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Asclepias|milkweed]] family, [[Apocynaceae]], that is native to eastern and southeastern [[Asia]], into [[Japan]], [[Korea]], southern [[China]], and [[Vietnam]]. Common names include '''Star Jasmine''' and '''Trader's Compass'''.<ref name=foc>Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018484 ''Trachelospermum jasminoides'']</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?36784 ''Trachelospermum jasminoides'']</ref>
It is an [[evergreen]] [[woody plant|woody]] [[liana]] growing to 10 m high. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, oval to lanceolate, 2-10 cm long and 1-4.5 cm broad, with an entire margin and an acuminate apex. The [[flower]]s are white, 1–2 cm diameter, with a tube-like [[Corolla (flower)|corolla]] opening out into five petal-like lobes. The [[fruit]] is a slender [[follicle (fruit)|follicle]] 10-25 cm long and 3-10 mm broad, containing numerous [[seed]]s.<ref name=foc/>
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[[Trachelospermum]] jasminoides, Lem. (syn. Rhynchospermum jasminoides, Lindl.). Star Jasmine. Also called "Confederate," "Malayan" or "African" Jessamine. Fig. 3826. Tender, evergreen, climbing shrub: lvs. short-stalked, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous: peduncles much longer than lvs.: calyx-lobes reflexed; corolla-tube contracted below the middle; several jagged scales at base of corolla; 5 large glands at base of ovary, 2 united, 3 free. S. China. Var. variegatum, Hort., has lvs. of green and white, tinged red.
[[Trachelospermum]] jasminoides, Lem. (syn. Rhynchospermum jasminoides, Lindl.). Star Jasmine. Also called "Confederate," "Malayan" or "African" Jessamine. Fig. 3826. Tender, evergreen, climbing shrub: lvs. short-stalked, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous: peduncles much longer than lvs.: calyx-lobes reflexed; corolla-tube contracted below the middle; several jagged scales at base of corolla; 5 large glands at base of ovary, 2 united, 3 free. S. China. Var. variegatum, Hort., has lvs. of green and white, tinged red.
==Gallery==
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==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Botanica's Pocket Gardening Encyclopedia - Publisher: James Mills-Hicks, Published in Canada by Whitecap Books, 2004 - ISBN: 1 55285 241 5
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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