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Jasminum officinale

Botanic Family

Oleaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental with cultivars

Common Names

• Poet's Jasmine
• Common White Jasmine
• Summer Jasmine
• Common Jasmine
• True Jasmine
• Jessamine
• Su fang hua (Pinyin)
• White Jasmine
• Chinese Jasmine
• Lahare Jai or Lahare Chamelee or Jiswan or Jati or Dza-ti (Nepal)

Geographical Habitats

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• SW. Guizhou
• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Kashmir - India
• Iran
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Tajikistan
• Turkey

Natural Habitats

• Woodland & thickets

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China) May-Jul (Nepal)

Fruiting Times

• Sep (China)

Climbing evergreen or semi-decidous glabrous twining shrub withangular branches, 3-7 imparipinnate leaflets. Terminal or sometimes axillary cymes or corymbs of fragrant 25mm white flowers sometimes tinged purple outside, calyx teeth 10mm long, pink corolla tube to 20mm, lobes 10mm. Fruit black berries to 10mm long x 9mm.

An essential oil used in perfumery is obtained from the flowers, medicinal uses.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• Bodkin
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Kew
• Academia WWF Nepal