Mandevilla laxa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson syn. Mandevilla suaveolens Lindl.; Echites laxus Ruiz & Pav. - Apocynaceae - Chilean jasmine, **Chilenischer Jasmin**

Deciduous vine, up to 6m tall, native to Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, introduced to China, grown elsewhere as ornamental.

"A vigorous, woody, twining climber with glossy, evergreen, oval leaves 5-10cm long. In late summer and early autumn it produces sprays of 5 to 15 tubular, strongly fragrant, white or cream flowers 5-9cm across with broad petal lobes." [[https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/50035/i-mandevilla-laxa-i/details|"Mandevilla laxa"]] RHS. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

"Despite its common name 'Chilean jasmine', the species is not a true jasmine of the genus Jasminum... Masses of heavily scented white flowers are produced in the summer." [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandevilla_laxa]] Retrieved 27 June 2025.

Main compounds of the headspace of the flowers were methyl benzoate, methyl salicylate, and linalool. Minor components were (E)-β-ocimene, (E,E)-4,8,12-trimethyl-1,3,7,11-tridecatetraene, benzaldehyde and benzyl benzoate. \\
[Rubini Pisano, A., et al. "Breakdown of species boundaries in Mandevilla: floral morphological intermediacy, novel fragrances and asymmetric pollen flow." Plant Biology 21.2 (2019): 206-215]

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Mandevilla suaveolens, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, author: A. Barra, (1999) [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mandevilla_suaveolens.jpg| wikimedia commons]], © [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en|CC-BY-SA 4.0]]