Parsonsia capsularis is a climbing plant endemic to New Zealand belonging to the dogbane family Apocynaceae.

[3] The common names for the plant are New Zealand jasmine or small flowered jasmine, and in Māori it has several names including: akakaikiore, akakiore, kaikū, kaikūkū, kaiwhiria, tōtoroene and tōtorowene.

Despite its common name, the species is not a "true jasmine" and not of the genus Jasminum.

Parsonsia capsularis was first named and described as Periploca capsularis by Georg Forster in 1786[2][4] and in 1809 was assigned by Robert Brown to his newly described genus, Parsonsia.

derives from the Latin, capsula (small box - capsule) and means bearing capsules, producing capsules, or capsular-fruited.