Telosma cordata

Telosma cordata
Telosma cordata[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Telosma
Species:
T. cordata
Binomial name
Telosma cordata
Synonyms[2]
  • Apocynum odoratissimum Lour. ex Pritz.
  • Asclepias cordata Burm.f.
  • Asclepias odoratissima (Lour.) Roxb.
  • Cynanchum odoratissimum Lour.
  • Oxystelma ovatum P.T. Li & S.Z. Huang
  • Pergularia minor Andrews
  • Pergularia limbata Wall. ex Wight
  • Pergularia odoratissima (Lour.) Sm.
  • Pergularia viridis Buch.-Ham. ex Wight
  • Telosma minor (Andrews) W. G. Craib
  • Telosma odoratissima (Lour.) Coville

Telosma cordata (Chinese: 夜來香; lit. 'night-blooming fragrance') is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae (tribe Marsdenieae), native to China and Indo-China. It is cultivated elsewhere and may occur wild as an introduced species. Common names include Chinese violet, cowslip creeper, Pakalana vine, Tonkin jasmine and Tonkinese creeper. The plant bears clusters of golden yellow blooms along the vining stems during summer months. Individual blooms emerge successively over a period of weeks emitting a rich, heavy fragrance during the day and night.

  1. ^ illustration circa 1790 from James Edward Smith and James Sowerby – Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae
  2. ^ Plants of the World Online (POWO), retrieved 12 October 2018