Jasminum sambac

"Sampaguita" redirects here. For other uses, see Sampaguita (disambiguation).

Jasminum sambac
A 'Maid of Orleans' cultivar from Tunisia
Various flower stages
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Jasminum
Species:
J. sambac
Binomial name
Jasminum sambac
Synonyms[1][2]
Basionym
  • Nyctanthes sambac L.
Homotypic
  • Mogorium sambac (L.) Lam.
  • Jasminum fragrans Salisb.
  • Jasminum sambac var. normale Kuntze)
Heterotypic
  • Jasminum bicorollatum Noronha
  • Jasminum blancoi Hassk.
  • Jasminum heyneanum Wall. ex G.Don
  • Jasminum odoratum Noronha
  • Jasminum pubescens Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Jasminum quadrifolium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Jasminum quinqueflorum B.Heyne ex G.Don
  • Jasminum quinqueflorum var. pubescens G.Don
  • Jasminum sambac var. duplex Voigt
  • Jasminum sambac var. gimea (Zuccagni) DC.
  • Jasminum sambac var. goaense (Zuccagni) DC.
  • Jasminum sambac var. heyneanum Wall. ex G.Don) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker
  • Jasminum sambac var. kerianum Kuntze
  • Jasminum sambac var. nemocalyx Kuntze
  • Jasminum sambac var. plenum Stokes
  • Jasminum sambac var. syringifolium Wall. ex Kuntze
  • Jasminum sambac var. trifoliatum Vahl
  • Jasminum sambac var. undulatum (L.) Kuntze
  • Jasminum sambac var. verum DC.
  • Jasminum sanjurium Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
  • Jasminum undulatum (L.) Willd.
  • Mogorium gimea Zuccagni
  • Mogorium goaense Zuccagni
  • Mogorium undulatum (L.) Lam.
  • Nyctanthes goa Steud.
  • Nyctanthes grandiflora Lour.
  • Nyctanthes undulata L.

Jasminum sambac (Arabian jasmine or Sambac jasmine)[1][3] is a species of jasmine with a native range from Bhutan to India[4][5] It is cultivated in many places, especially West Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is naturalised in many scattered locales: Mauritius, Madagascar, the Maldives, Christmas Island, Chiapas, Central America, southern Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles.[6][7][8]

Jasminum sambac is a small shrub or vine growing up to 0.5 to 3 m (1.6 to 9.8 ft) in height. It is widely cultivated for its attractive and sweetly fragrant flowers. The flowers may be used as a fragrant ingredient in perfumes and jasmine tea. It is the national flower of the Philippines, where it is known as sampaguita,[9] as well as being one of the three national flowers of Indonesia, where it is known as melati putih.

  1. ^ a b "Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ Ginés López González (2006). Los árboles y arbustos de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares: especies silvestres y las principales cultivadas (in Spanish) (2 ed.). Mundi-Prensa Libros. p. 1295. ISBN 978-84-8476-272-0.
  3. ^ "Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton, Oleaceae". Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER). 18 October 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. ^ https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:609755-1
  5. ^ Olveros-Belardo, Luz; Smith, Roger M.; Ocampo, Milagros P. (990). "Some Components of the Absolute of the Rowers of Jasminum sambac (l.) Ait" (PDF). Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology. 12 (6): 129–140.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference sanchez was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
  8. ^ "Biota of North America Program".
  9. ^ Pangilinan Jr., Leon (3 October 2014). "In Focus: 9 Facts You May Not Know About Philippine National Symbols". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2019.