Forest jasmine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Oleaceae
Genus:	Jasminum
Species:	J. abyssinicum
Binomial name
Jasminum abyssinicum Hochst. ex DC.

Jasminium abyssinicum (Forest jasmine) is a species of jasmine, in the family Oleaceae.

The plant is a strong to slender woody climber in high-altitude montane forests, climbing into the forest canopy which stems that can be robust up to 13 cm in diameter. The leaves are opposite, trifoliolate; leaflets are broadly ovate with a distinct driptip, dark glossy green above, hairless except for pockets of hairs in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are produced at the ends twigs or in axils of leaves. The flowers are white, tinged with pink on the outside, sweetly scented with a corolla with 5 or sometimes 6 elliptic lobes. The fruits are a single- or bi-lobbed berry 7 mm long, fleshy, glossy black.

The species is endemic to Ethiopia and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Synonyms for this species include: Jasminum wyliei.

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