Coastal jasmine
Jasminum didymum, Fam. Oleaceae
Climber or a straggling to creeping shrub.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Vine (Climbing, Twining or groundcover) |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Leaf: | Trifoliolate, opposite. Jasminum didymum subsp. lineare: linear to broadly linear, 2-10 x0.3-0.8cm, J. didymum subsp. didymum: ovate, broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, 3-10 x 2.5-6.5cm, J. didymum subsp. racemosum: mostly narrowly ovate to ovate, 1-4 x 0.5-2.5cm. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
White |
| Flower description: | Axillary (axillary or terminal in J. didymum subsp. didymum) with white jasmine-like flowers. Very fragrant. Flowering most months. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Black |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Black, globular, fleshy berries, about 1cm in diameter. |
| Habitat: | Littoral rainforest, rainforest, woodland. |
| Distribution | Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia. |
| Food source for: | Fruit eaten by the rose crowned fruit dove, pied imperial pigeon, spotted and western bowerbirds. Larval food plants of the Australian privet hawk moth Psilogramma menephron. |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia. |
| Notes: | Grow from seed or cuttings. |
| Information sources: | Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia. |
