Arabian Jasmine
Scientific Name: Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton
Synonym:
Family: Oleaceae ...
Arabian Jasmine
A member of the olive family, Arabian jasmine is a sturdy, vigorous, easy-care plant that can grow up to 10 feet tall and equally wide under optimal circumstances.
Blooming Time: Arabian Jasmine blooms all year long in the greenhouse. Flowers are ¾ to 1 inch across and are powerfully fragrant.
( Arabian Jasmine )
Evergreen shrub appropriate for training on arbor or trellis, or growing in container for indoor-outdoor use. Dark green ovate leaves are 3 inches long.
Arabian Jasmine is an evergreen shrub, that often reaches 5 ft in height in pots. The flowers are used in making perfumes and as a flavoring in tea. Arabian jasmine is native to India. This woody shrub features green oval shaped leaves.
Arabian jasmine makes a great container plant for the patio where its fine fragrance can be easily enjoyed.
Usage
Arabian jasmine is often grown in a pot, on the patio or deck in summer and brought indoors in winter.
(syn. Arabian Jasmine, Pikake)
Jasminum sambac
Strongly fragrant 1" white star-like blooms in clusters of 3-12 from spring to fall. An evergreen twining climber or arching shrub growing to 8'. Cannot ship to AZ.
The ZAMBAK, or ARABIAN JASMINE (J. Sambac), is an evergreen white-flowered climber, 6 or 8 feet high, introduced into Britain in the latter part of the seventeenth century.
Dried flowers of Arabian Jasmine are used to flavor Jasmine tea
Flowers are used to make garlands.
Its oil is used in perfumes and food flavorings.
It is used in Ayurvedic medicines.
Arabian jasmine Jasminum sambac
Arabian schismus Schismus arabicus
Arizona cypress Cupressus arizonica
arrow bamboo Pseudosasa japonica
arrowhead vine Syngonium podophyllum
artichoke thistle; cardoon Cynara cardunculus ...
The Philippines adopted the Sampaguita (Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac) as its national flower because it symbolises purity and cleanliness due to its colour and sweet odour.[3]
[edit] Singapore ...
Jasminum sambac Maid of Orleans, Nyctanthes sambac
Family: Oleaceae
Maid of Orleans, Arabian Jasmine, Hawaiian Pikake, Sampaguitas, Sumpa Kita
Origin: India, widely cultivated in South China ...
 See also: Star jasmine, Primrose, Mango, Orchid, Flag
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