Japanese Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)

Family: Apocynaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Form: Prostrate, Spreading or horizontal, Variable spread.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young buds - cooked. No more details are given, we do not know if it is the leaf or flower buds that are referred to. — Young buds - cooked.; No more details are given, we do not know if it is the leaf or flower buds that are referred to.

Habitat & North American Range

Thickets in hills and low mountains, C. and S. Japan. Growing in scrub and climbing up trees in the forest. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)