Jasminum mesnyi

Jasminum mesnyi, the primrose jasmine or Japanese jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to Vietnam and southern China. It is named in honour of William Mesny.

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Jasminum mesnyi is a scrambling, evergreen shrub growing to 3 m (10 ft) tall by 1–2 m (3–7 ft) wide, with fragrant yellow flowers in spring and summer (though it may flower all year round in warmer climates). It grows mainly in the subtropical biome and its climbing habits can be arranged to constitute a dense shrub. It has opposite, glossy, lanceolate leaves, 3–7 cm long, leaf blade broadly ovate or elliptic, sometimes suborbicular, trifoliate, simple at the base of the branchlets, petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; yellow flowers, 3 cm, solitary, on short axillary shoots, rarely terminal; Leafy, obovate or lanceolate bracts, 5–10 mm, surrounded by small foliaceous bracts; 5-6-calyx, narrow lobes; semi-double yellow corolla, with obtuse lobes. Spherical fruit, 8 mm, blackish, fleshy walls. Variation in flower form Single Semi-double

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