Spanish Jasmine
Jasminum grandiflorum
Also known as Common Jasmine, Catalonian Jasmine
About Spanish Jasmine
Jasminum grandiflorum, also known variously as the Spanish jasmine, Royal jasmine, Catalan jasmine, Sicilian jasmine, is a species of jasmine native to South Asia, the Arabian peninsula, East and Northeast Africa and the Yunnan and Sichuan regions of China. The species is widely cultivated and is reportedly naturalized in Guinea, the Maldive Islands, Mauritius, Réunion, Java, the Cook Islands, Chiapas, Central America, and the Caribbean. It is closely related to, and sometimes treated as merely a form of, Jasminum officinale.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jasminum grandiflorum
- Genus
- Jasminum
- Family
- OLEACEAE
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Garden plant
- Distribution
- India, Subtropical North-West Himalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- चमेली chameli, जाति jati, chambel
- Bengali
- চামেলী, চামেলী (ফুল)
- Tamil
- Anankam, ஜாதிமல்லி Jatimalli, ஜாதிமுல்லை Jatimullai
- Telugu
- adivimalle, chambeli, జాజి
- Kannada
- Ajjege, ಅಜ್ಜಿಗೆ Ajjige, ಅಜ್ಜುಗೆ Ajjuge
- Malayalam
- malati, piccakam, piccakamulla
- Marathi
- chameli, chembeli, जाई
Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
Spanish Jasmine belongs to the Oleaceae family.
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