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Japanese jasmine (Jasminum mesnyi)
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Japanese jasmine

Jasminum mesnyi · Oleaceae · all Jasminum records · also called Primrose jasmine · Wikipedia

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Jasminum mesnyi shows keep away recommendation. Then limited evidence on Jasminum mesnyi. The banner is not the whole file — Jasminum mesnyi. On jasminum mesnyi, avoid does not replace limited evidence. Jasminum mesnyi is the taxon those two facts attach to.

Jasminum mesnyi also carries Evaluation of the flammability of trees. Jasminum mesnyi also carries 1 ecological invasive reports. Jasminum mesnyi also carries green test condition.

Use evidence on Jasminum mesnyi. Jasminum mesnyi keeps the sourced table. On jasminum mesnyi, avoid sits with limited evidence beside Jasminum mesnyi. The table for jasminum mesnyi still names Jasminum mesnyi.

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Form
shrub
Rated in
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
1 condition stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
Evidence regions
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in AL, FL, GA, LA, TX.
Introduced / established
4 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

3

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

3 introduced source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Alabama (AL)
  • Arkansas (AR)
  • Florida (FL)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

Conditions in the fire evidence

These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Avoids (1)

Listed without a rating (16)
Corroboration (16 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    16 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Batista2012: Batista, C., Biondi, D., França, A., de Assunção, R., Tres, A., Costa, R., ... Kovalsyki, B. (2012). Evaluación de la Inflamabilidad de Árboles y Arbustos Utilizados en la Implementación de Barreras Verdes en el Sur del Brasil. Cuarto Simposio Internacional Sobre Políticas, Planificación y Economía de los Incendios Forestales: Cambio Climático e Incendios Forestales, Ciudad de México, México.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Batista2012-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.9”

          FLAMITS record 442.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 452.

      • “burning duration (s): 18.53”

        FLAMITS record 447; Sustainability measurement.

      • “flame height (cm): 13.92”

        FLAMITS record 457; Combustibility measurement.

    • Primary study Batista2020: Batista, A.C., Biondi, D., & Martini, A. (2020). Flammability of ornamental species for fire management in wildland-urban interface in Paraná state. Floresta, 51, 192-200.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Batista2020-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.92”

          FLAMITS record 486.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 50”

          FLAMITS record 515.

        • “flammability value: 3”

          FLAMITS record 516.

      • “flaming duration (s): 18.54”

        FLAMITS record 487; Sustainability measurement.

      • “flame height (cm): 13.9”

        FLAMITS record 488; Combustibility measurement.

    • Primary study Santos2018a: Santos, J. F. L., Batista, A. C., Tres, A., Tetto, A. F., & Kovalsyki, B. (2018a). Flammability and combustibility of potential species for use as fuel breaks. In: D. X. Viegas, Advances in Forest Fire Research 2018 (pp. 788-793), Portugal, University of Coimbra.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Santos2018a-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.9”

          FLAMITS record 11932.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11950.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 4.45”

          FLAMITS record 11941.

        • “flame height (cm): 14.3”

          FLAMITS record 11968.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4438.3”

          FLAMITS record 11986.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 18.5”

          FLAMITS record 11959.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 27.1”

          FLAMITS record 11977.

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