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Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Lamiales > Family: Oleaceae > Genus: Jasminum

Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine) growing along roadside, Kenilworth, Cape Town, July 2009. [photo H. Robertson ©]

Native to China. Cultivated in southern Africa as a garden plant. Often found growing in hedges, using other plants for support.