Jasminum dichotomum

Common Name: Gold Coast jasmine

Family: Oleaceae

Common Synonyms: none

USDA Hardiness Zone: NA

Growth Habit: Vine

Origin: Tropical West Africa

FISC Category: 1

FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No

Introduction Date: early 1920's

IFAS Assessment:

• North: OK
• Central: INVASIVE
• South: INVASIVE

Description

Scrambling woody shrub or vine, evergreen to 8 m tall. Leaves opposite, simple, oval, glossy, 5-7 cm long. Night-blooming, star-shaped, flowers, white, very fragrant, tubular with 5-9 terminal lobes. Fruit small, round, fleshy black.

Habitat

Scrub, flatwoods, tropical hammock, disturbed sites

Comments

Vouchered Monroe north to Highlands Co. Maybe possible to prevent spread to north.

Control Methods

• Manual: Mechanical: Hand pull seedlings.
• Chemical: Cut-stump (50% triclopyr amine or 10% triclopyr ester), basal bark (10% triclopyr ester), foliar (5% glyphosate). [IFAS]
• Biological: NA

Control Notes

Note: Retreatment often necessary, best if runners are pulled back to main stem and then cut. Jasmines produce a large number of bird- and mammal-dispersed seeds with very high germination, highly invasive. [IFAS]

References

Dave's Garden. 2013. PlantFiles: Chinese water spinach, swamp cabbage, swamp morning glory, Ipomoea aquatica. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1263/. Accessed on December 10, 2013.

Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, K.C. Burks. 2008. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas-Second Edition. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.