Family: Oleaceae

Common Name: ***

Etymology - Genus: Latinized form of Persian name

Etymology - Species: Of or from Flumen Januarii (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Ecosystem: Evergreen

Origin: Foreign

Location: Garden plant

Description: This is a garden plant, grows into thick, woody liana. Stem after years of growth appears creamy white in colour covered with loose flakes. Young branches are smooth, glabrous.Trifoliate, sub-opposite leaves arranged spirally along the stem.Three leaflets are almost of equal size. Stalk of leaflet is grooved.Polychasial inflorescence with presence of linear bract.White flowers blossom in the evening and fade by morning. Characteristic very pleasant fragrance.Minute pointed calyx. Petals fused into a narrow tube with 7-9 linear, white petals spreading in star shape. Two stamens are completely covered in the petal tube. Stigma slightly protrudes out of the tube.Fruits are rarely observed. Branch cutting generally survives.

Root type: Taproot-Woody hard

Stem Appearance: Liana

Stem Cross Section: Circular

Stem Texture: Creamy white with flakes

Root-Stem-Bark Description: This is a garden plant, grows into thick, woody liana. Stem after years of growth appears creamy white in colour covered with loose flakes. Young branches are smooth, glabrous.

Leaf - Characters

Attachment: Petiolate

Stipules: Exstipulate

Leaf Type: Trifoliolate

Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral

Leaf Description: Trifoliate, sub-opposite leaves arranged spirally along the stem.

Leaflet - Characters

Lamina: Elliptic

Lamina Bases: Cuneate

Lamina Margins: Entire

Lamina Apices: Acute

Lamina Texture: Glabrous

Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate

Leaflet Description: Three leaflets are almost of equal size. Stalk of leaflet is grooved.

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Fruit type Description: Fruits are rarely observed. Branch cutting generally survives.

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

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