29 facts about jasmine

Jasmine is a really beautiful plant.

Let’s find out more about it!

1. Jasmine is a genus of shrubs and vines.
2. It belongs in the family of the Oleaceae.
3. It contains around 200 species.
4. All of them are native to tropical and warm places.
5. It is very common in Eurasia and Oceania.
6. They are preferred for their distinctive fragrance.
7. A number of unrelated plants contain the word “Jasmine” in their common names.
8. Jasmine is a really popular name for girls as well.
9. Jasmine is the name of a Disney princess as well.
10. Jasmine has often 5 or 6 lobes.
11. Flowering happens during the summer or spring.
12. Its fragrance is often released during the night.
13. Jasmine usually bears white flowers.
14. It is not poisonous, despite the fact many people believe so.
15. From jasmine’s flower, you can make medicines.
16. Jasmines grow well in moist, well-drained, sandy loam to clayey garden soil.
17. Jasmine can live from 15 up to 20 years in the wild.
18. The flowers are typically around 2.5 cm.
19. Sometimes its flowers can be yellow.
20. Jasmine contains both reproductive organs.
21. The main jasmine’s pollinators are the bees and the butterflies.
22. The jasmine’s fruits are… berries!
23. They actually turn black when ripe.
24. Many people believe that have originated in the Himalayas in Western China.
25. Jasmine is known in India as the “Queen of the Night”.
26. In China, jasmine is a symbol of feminine sweetness and beauty.
27. In religious ceremonies it symbolizes represents purity.
28. There is also a jasmine tea.
29. Jasmine oil is a type of essential oil delivered from the plant.