Scientific Name:
Marsdenia floribunda
( syn.
Stephanotis floribunda
)
Pronunciation:
mars-DEN-ee-uh flor-ih-BUN-duh
Common Name:
Madagascar jasmine
Family Name:
Apocynaceae
Plant Type:
Flowering pot plant, Vine or climber
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, broadly elliptic to above, matings entire, thick, glossy, and dark green; flowers waxy white, highly fragrant, narrow-tubular with five flaring lobes.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Round
Texture:
Medium - coarse
Mature Height:
2 - 3m
Mature Spread:
1.5 - 2.0m
Origin:
Africa (Madagascar)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Cut flower or foliage, Fragrance, Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Opposite
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Lustrous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Elliptic, Obovate
Apices:
Cuspidate
Bases:
Rounded
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme, Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Funnelform
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White
Flower Scent:
Fragrant
Flower Time at Peak:
Can flower any month
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Green, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant, only produced on mature climbers
Bark Morphology:
Lightly fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Brown
Pest Susceptibility:
Mealybugs, Scale insects (Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
