Trachelospermum asiaticum (common name Asiatic jasmine) is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Asia. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Trachelospermum is composed of Greek trachelos τραχελος 'col', and sperma σπερμα 'seed, seed', referring to the shape of the seeds, elongated-narrowed at the apex and terminated by an egret. The specific epithet asiaticum indicates 'from Asia'.
It was first described by Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard ...