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|common_name=Confederate jasmine, Star jasmine
|common_name=Confederate jasmine, Star jasmine
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
+|habit=vine-climber
+|habit_ref=Wikipedia
+|lifespan=perennial
+|life_ref=Wikipedia
+|features=evergreen
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
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|image_caption=Trachelospermum jasminoides
|image_caption=Trachelospermum jasminoides
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+'''''Trachelospermum''''' ({{pron-en|trəˌkiːlɵˈspɜrməm}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is a genus of about 15 species of [[evergreen]] [[woody plant|woody]] [[vine]]s in the family [[Apocynaceae]], native to southern and eastern [[Asia]] (14 species) and southeastern [[North America]] (one species, ''T. difforme'').
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+They have long stems climbing to 12 m or more high in [[tree]]s. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple broad lanceolate to ovate, 2-8 cm long and 0.5-4 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are salverform (like those of [[Phlox]]), simple, 2.5-7 cm broad, with five white, pale yellow or purple petals joined together at the base to form a tube.
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Trachelospermum (Greek, neck and seed, referring to the fact that the seed has a neck). Syn., Rhynchospermum. Apocynaceae. Glabrous or slightly tomentose-puberulent shrubs, the typical species tall-climbing, grown in the warmhouse and a favorite out-of-doors in the South.
Trachelospermum (Greek, neck and seed, referring to the fact that the seed has a neck). Syn., Rhynchospermum. Apocynaceae. Glabrous or slightly tomentose-puberulent shrubs, the typical species tall-climbing, grown in the warmhouse and a favorite out-of-doors in the South.