Habit: Jasminum multiflorum grows as a viny shrub/scrambler up to 5 m in length with pubescent stems. The leaves are arranged oppositely, top 7 cm in length, abaxially pubescent with an acuminate/acute leaf apex and an entire leaf margin.
The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are in terminal cymes. The calyx has 6-9 fused into a tube, pubescent, sepals. The corolla has fused white petals that form a long tube with a pubescent throat with 7- 9 lobes. There are 2 stamens that are fused to the corolla. The ovary is superior with 2 locules with 1 ovule each. The fruit is a 2 lobed dark blue to black berry at maturity.
Habitat: Jasminum multiflorum grows in Human Altered environments (yards, abandoned fields, roadsides).
Distribution: Jasminum multiflorum is NOT native to the Lucayan Archipelago. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and Asia.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Jasminum multiflorum is not known to be used medicinally in the Bahamas.
It has been used as an ornamental shrub but it can escape cultivation and can become an INVASIVE species.