Trachelospermum axillare Hook. fil.

A fine, strong fiber is obtained from the inner bark and used in making paper. The whole plant is used in Guangxi as medicine for the treatment of injury, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis, and rheumatalgia.

Lianas woody, to 10 m, glabrous except for young shoots and inflorescences. Stems densely lenticellate. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade obovate, narrowly obovate, or narrowly elliptic, 8-15 X 3-4.5 cm, leathery, base cuneate or rounded, apex acute, abruptly caudate, or acuminate; lateral veins to 15 pairs. Cymes axillary or sometimes subterminal, to 3 cm. Pedicel 3-8 mm. Sepals appressed to corolla tube, ovate, obtuse, basal glands ca. 10. Corolla purplish, tube ca. 5 mm; lobes narrowly obovate, 5-7 mm. Stamens inserted at base of corolla tube, included. Follicles connate, cylindric to fusiform, 10-15 X 1-1.5 cm, glabrous. Seeds broadly ovate, ca. 1.5 cm, coma ca. 5 cm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct.

Himalaya (Garhwal to NEFA), S. China, Indo-China.

Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang

1800 m

* Brushwoods, sunny open forests; 500-1500 m.

Maesa scandens H. Léveillé; Melodinus chaffanjonii H. Léveillé; Periploca astacus H. Léveillé.

Trachelospermum axillare là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ La bố ma. Loài này được Hook.f. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1882.

紫花络石（学名：Trachelospermum axillare）是夹竹桃科络石属的植物。分布在斯里兰卡、越南、锡金以及中国大陆的四川、福建、浙江、贵州、西藏、湖北、云南、江西、湖南、广东、广西等地，生长于海拔200米至2,800米的地区，多生于疏林中、山谷以及水沟边，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。