Star Jasmine, Yellow
Trachelospermum jasminoides "Mandianum"
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Confederate jasmine, or star jasmine, is one of the best-loved evergreen vines of the warm South, prized for glossy dark leaves and clouds of small, star-shaped, intensely fragrant flowers. The common form wears white blooms, but this selection, which Woodlanders offers as 'Mandianum' and which may be the cultivar 'Star of Toscana', opens flowers in shades of creamy to clear yellow, an unusual and welcome color in the tribe.
Trachelospermum jasminoides is native to China and Japan, a twining, self-supporting climber that clothes a fence, trellis, arbor, or post in dense, evergreen green and, in late spring and summer, in fragrant bloom. The name jasminoides means jasmine-like, for the scent and the star-shaped flowers, though the plant belongs not to the true jasmines but to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. The Confederate name is variously traced to the Malay Confederation and to the American South, where the vine is so beloved.
Beyond the garden, star jasmine has a long medicinal life in East Asia. The dried stems, known in traditional Chinese medicine as luo shi teng and recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, have been decocted to ease rheumatic and joint pain and to soothe a sore throat, a use shared in Korea and Japan and now studied for anti-inflammatory activity.
In the garden, give 'Mandianum' good, well-drained soil and a sunny to partly shaded spot, and set the vine against a fence, trellis, arbor, or post for the twining stems to climb. Site where the powerful evening fragrance can be caught, near a path, a door, or a seat, and let the yellow-flowered star jasmine bring both scent and an uncommon color to a warm-climate garden.
- Hardiness
- USDA Zones 8–9
- Sun
- Full Sun, Part Shade
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Mature size
- Height 10–20 Feet · Spread 3–6 Feet
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Seasonality
- Evergreen
Creamy to clear yellow, star-shaped, fragrant, late spring to summer
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is shared for traditional and educational interest only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional before any medicinal use.
- A traditional remedy not evaluated for modern clinical safety
- Not established as safe for self-medication; use only under qualified professional guidance
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