The white or cream flowers have a yellow heart and emit a scent of jasmine. It has been known to spread rapidly, and can take over large areas very rapidly. The hardiest Trachelospermum species, this plant can be grown in temperate areas against a sheltered wall or fence. Glossy green leaves have a brown-orange tinge stained reddish during the winter. The leaves are simple and opposite, persistent, borne by a petiole 2–10 mm, with an elliptic limb, narrowly ovate, 2-10 x 1–5 cm, membranous. The stems, when cut, exude a milky white latex. Growing to 6 m (20 ft) tall, Trachelospermum asiaticum is a woody, evergreen climber with glossy, leathery leaves and strongly scented cream-coloured flowers in summer. Back in Germany with his collections, he was assisted by Zuccarini, professor of botany at the University of Munich to describe this plant under its original name of Malouetia asiatica (1846). Bavarian physician and naturalist Siebold spent time in Japan between 18.
It was first described by Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini in 1846. The Latin specific epithet asiaticum means "from Asia". It is heat- and cold- tolerant, and grows even in shady areas. This is a fast growing evergreen vine, often used to cover fences, walls, and similar surfaces. Its flowers resemble stars, so it is also referred to as yellow star jasmine or Asian star jasmine. Trachelospermum asiaticum, the Asiatic jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae and it is native to Asia.
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