Jasminum multipartitum Hochst.

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By road to Inyangombe Falls, near Udu Dam

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Close to Inyangombe Falls

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Synonyms:	Jasminum oleicarpum "oleaecarpum" Baker p.p.
Common names:	Common wild jasmin (English)
Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Mostly a shrub, up to c. 3 m tall, sometimes with long somewhat scramblimg branches. Leaves opposite, simple, lanceolate, oblong-elliptic or narrowly ovate, up to 4.5 × 3 cm but usually much smaller, pointed at the apex, hairless; margin entire, often slightly thickened. Flowers terminal on short lateral branches, solitary or rarely 2-3 together, very sweetly scented. Corolla white inside, reddish outside; tube 17-32 mm long; lobes (6)9-12, oblong, 15-18 mm long. Fruit usually 2-lobed, 7-12 mm long when dry.
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Derivation of specific name:	multipartitum: with many parts
Habitat:	In dry habitats, on sandy or stony soils.
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Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	T,GI,M
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Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 110. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 769. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 296 - 297. (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Oleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 311 - 313. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 65. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Page 164. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 532 - 533. (Includes a picture).

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