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Double-Flowering Cape Jasmine
Cape jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno'), a member of the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, is a showy tropical shrub with extremely fragrant, nocturnal, double-white 1.5-inch flowers with crimped or wavy corollas. Its glossy 6- by 2-inch leaves are elliptic and wavy margined, colored mid- to dark green above and pale green beneath. Its many-branched foliage tends to grow almost parallel to the ground, giving the shrub an attractive horizontal aspect.
The species name, divaricata, means "at an obtuse angle." A fast and easy grower, it reaches a height of 6 feet and a width of 5 to 8 feet. Native to parts of India, China, and Thailand, this plant thrives in full sun or partial shade, where temperatures are above 50 degrees in moist and fertile soil. Somewhat drought- and heat-tolerant, cape jasmine is grown for its ornamental features and grows very well in containers. Like many members of the Apocynaceae family, the stems of cape jasmine exude a milky latex when broken.
케이프 자스민은 협죽도과에 속하며, 화려한 열대 관목으로 야행성인 1.5인치 정도의 하얀 꽃을 피웁니다. 지면과 수평하게 퍼지는 경향이 있습니다. 학명에 보이는 divaricata는 둔각이라는 뜻인데, 다 자라면 6피트 정도이고 넓이는 8피트까지도 됩니다. 장식용으로 화분에서 키우기에 좋습니다.