Other common names Asiatic jasmine

Genus Trachelospermum are self-twining evergreen climbing shrubs with glossy ovate leaves and jasmine-like, highly fragrant flowers, sometimes followed by bean-like seed-pods

Species T. asiaticum is a medium-sized climber with leathery, narrowly ovate, glossy dark green leaves 2-5cm in length. Fragrant, buff-centred, creamy flowers 2cm in width in clusters at the ends of lateral shoots