Jasminum polyanthum Franch.

Almost glabrous, evergreen climbing shrub. Stems ± terete. Lvs opposite, pinnate, with (5)–7 leaflets; petioles from c. 5–30 mm long. Terminal leaflets 3–7 × 0.8–2.5 cm, lanceolate to ovate, entire, with hairy tufts in axils of basal veins beneath, sometimes ciliolate; base subcordate to rounded, or sometimes oblique; apex acuminate; petiolules to 10 mm long. Lateral leaflets smaller, otherwise similar; petiolules < 5 mm long. Cymes terminal or axillary in uppermost axils, forming many-flowered panicles of very fragrant fls; pedicels 8–20 mm long, slender. Calyx 3–4 mm long; teeth subulate, = or slightly < tube. Corolla white, usually pink in bud; tube 1.5–2.5 cm long, narrow-cylindric; lobes 1–1.8 cm long, elliptic, glabrous, with ± rounded, mucronulate apex. Style exserted. Fr. 5–8 mm diam., broad-ellipsoid to globular, glossy black, not often produced; pulp dark red.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Jan.–Dec.