Branchlets are terete or slightly compressed, sometimes hollow and sparsely pubescent. The plant grows on almost any soil type with soil pH of 4.9–8.3 and sufficient water supply and in full sun, mostly in rich loam, clay loam or sandy soils. The plant is found growing in disturbed sites, secondary forests, coastal areas, abandoned gardens, and orchards near villages, managed forests, plantations and coastal areas. This species is the national flower of the Philippine Islands.Īrabian Jasmine is a straggling, erect or climbing, evergreen shrub that grows up to 0.5 to 3 m (1.6 to 9.8 ft.) tall with pubescent, terete, angular twigs. In Hawaii (where commonly called pikake), flowers are used in leis. In China, dried flowers are used to scent jasmine tea. Arabian jasmine is commonly used in perfumes and teas, Arabian jasmine can be a garden or houseplant and it is usually grown as a medium-size shrub, although it will grow as a vine with proper care. Specific epithet comes from the Medieval Arabic word zanbaq meaning jasmine flower oil. Genus name is a Medieval Latin name for the Persian name yasmin or yasamin. It is also known by several different names like Arabian Jasmine, Asian Jasmine, Asiatic Jasmine, Indian Jasmine, Jasmin, Maid of Orleans, Sacred Jasmine, Sambac Jasmine, Tuscan Jasmine and pikake. It is naturalized in many distributed localities: Mauritius, Madagascar, the Maldives, Cambodia, Indonesia, Christmas Island, Chiapas, Central America, southern Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles. It is cultivated in many places, particularly across much of South and Southeast Asia. The plant is native to a small region in the eastern Himalayas in Bhutan and neighboring Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. Jasminum sambac also known as jasmine sambac is a species of jasmine in the genus Jasminum which contains approximately 217 to 229 species and belongs to the family of the Oleaceae (Olive Family).
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