| Family | Apocynaceae |
| Scientific name | Trachelospermum asiaticum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Nakai |
| Synonyms | Malouetia asiatica Siebold & Zuccarini; Melodinus cavaleriei H. Léveillé; Trachelospermum asiaticum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Nakai var. brevisepalum (C. K. Schneider) Tsiang; Trachelospermum divaricatum (Thunberg) K. Schumann var. brevisepalum C. K. Schneider; Trachelospermum foetidum (Matsumura & Nakai) Nakai; Trachelospermum gracilipes J. D. Hooker; Trachelospermum gracilipes J. D. Hooker var. cavaleriei (H. Léveillé) Tsiang; Trachelospermum gracilipes J. D. Hooker var. hupehense Tsiang & P. T. Li; Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindley) Lemaire subsp. foetidum Matsumura & Nakai; Trachelospermum lanyuense C. E. Chang; Trachelospermum siamense Craib |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) teika-kazura [Teika's vine (Teika = Teika Fujiwara = a famous poet in medieval era of Japan)] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, India | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=20 |
| Description | Leaves 3-7cm. Flowers white corollas 7-8mm, flowering in May to June. Evergreen. Vine. |
| Reference | Trachelospermum asiaticum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Nakai |
| Trachelospermum asiaticum Nakai | |
| Cosmetic composition containing polyorganosiloxane-containing epsilon-polylysine polymer, and polyhydric alcohol, and production thereof (European Patent EP1604647/2005) | |
| Composition against cardiovascular diseases (European Patent EP1640001/2006) |
| May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |