Gardenia or Jasmine is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, southern Asia, Australasia and Oceania. Several species occur on Hawaiʻi, where gardenias are known as naʻu or nānū.
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus after Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791), a Scottish-born American naturalist.
They are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1–15 metres (3.3–49 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three or four, 5–50 centimetres (2.0–20 in) long and 3–25 centimetres (1.2–9.8 in) broad, dark green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are solitary or in small clusters, white, or pale yellow, with a tubular-based corolla with 5-12 lobes (petals) from 5–12 centimetres (2.0–4.7 in) diameter. Flowering is from about mid-spring to mid-summer and many species are strongly scented.
Jasmine - Chanbeli - National Flower of Pakistan
Jasmine (Jasminum,from Old French. Jasmine which is from the Persian yasmin, i.e. "gift from God" via Arabic) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family (Oleaceae), with about 200 species, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old World. Most species grow as climbers on other plants or are trained in gardens on chicken wire, trellis gates or fences, or made to scramble through shrubs of open texture. The leaves can be either evergreen (green all year round) or deciduous (falling in autumn).
Species
Species include:
Jasminum abyssinicum Hochst. ex DC. – Forest jasmine
Jasminum adenophyllum Wall. – Pinwheel Jasmine, Bluegrape jasmine, Princess jasmine, Che vang, Lai la co tuyen
Jasminum dichotomum Vahl – Gold Coast Jasmine
Jasminum grandiflorum L. – Spanish Jasmine, Royal Jasmine, Catalonian Jasmine
Jasminum humile L. – Italian Yellow Jasmine
Jasminum mesnyi Hance – Japanese Jasmine, Primrose Jasmine, Yellow Jasmine
Jasminum odoratissimum L. – Yellow Jasmine
Jasminum officinale L. – Common Jasmine, Poet's Jasmine, jasmine, jessamine
Jasminum parkeri Dunn – Dwarf Jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum Franch.
Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton – Arabian Jasmine
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