Taxon: Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Arabian jasmine   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Sambac jasmine   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• mo li hua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• jasmin d'Arabie   (Source: C. Feuillet, p.c.) – French
  
• arabischer Jasmin   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• gesimino d'Arabia   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Italian
  
• mugherine   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Italian
  
• bogarim   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• jasmim   (Source: Portuguese Dict ) – Portuguese
  
• jazmín de Arabia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (for "jasmine tea" fide Baileya 13:157. 1965; F China; Eur Gard F)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Krussmann)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide Wealth India RM 5:290. 1959; Flower Oils; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):319. 1999)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):319. 1999)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India
• widely cultivated

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1959. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 5:290.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. [mentions].
• Edições Melhoramentes. 1979. The new Michaelis illustrated dictionary (Novo Michaelis dicionário ilustrado), ed. 22/24.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. [re. French common names].
• Green, P. & D. Miller. 2009. The genus Jasminum in cultivation. 110–113.
• Green, P. S. 1965. Studies in the genus Jasminum III: The species in North America. Baileya 13:157.
• Green, P. S. 1965. The name jasmine. Arnoldia (Jamaica Plain) 25:71.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 12(1):19.
• Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Jasminum sambac.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Nyctanthes sambac L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Nyctanthes undulata L.
  

Check other web resources for Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Jasminum sambac cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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