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Jasminum grandiflorum

Botanic Family

Oleaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Spanish Jasmine
• Catalonian Jasmine
• Royal Jasmine
• de Grasse
• Su xin hua (Pinyin)
• Jazmin
• Jazmin de España
• Mawk-mu-le (Myanmar)
• Myat-lay-pan (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Yunnan - China
• Djibouti
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Kashmir
• Punjab - India
• Kenya
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Uganda

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest
• streamside. Cultivated as an ornamental and as a source of Jasmine Oil. The name J. grandiflorum has been applied to a form of J. officinale

Flowering Times

• Summer-autumn May-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

Scandent glabrous slightly woody twining shrub with terminal or axillary cymes or panicles, fragrant 25mm long white flowers tinted red outside, lobes to 20mm long, tube to 25mm, lobes to 22mm, imparipinnate leaves (9-11), glabrous above, glabrous or puberulent beneath

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• JAA
• Kew