index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) phylum ANGIOSPERMAE (FLOWERS) CLASS DICOTS SUBCLASS ASTERID SUPERORDER LAMIANAE ORDER LAMIALES ORDER LAMIALES
Genus Jasminum



genus Jasminum (TRUE Jasmine)



BBALLBLU True jasmines (genus Jasminum) have two stamens, and a solitary pistil.
False jasmines (genus trachelospermum) have five stamens with arrowhead-shaped anthers; and a solitary pistil

BBALLBLU Jasminum twining anticlockwise.

BBALLBLU Leaves pinnately veined
Not cyanogenic. Alkaloids present

BBALLBLU Oil used in making perfumes.

BBALLBLU Three species
RULERSPINgif RULERMAR RULERYEL The common white jasmine as Jasminum officinale
RULERYEL Spanish jasmine as Jasminum grandiflorum,
RULERYEL Arabian jasmine as Jasminum sambac


RULERSPINgif RULERMAR 200 species
RULERYEL RULERBOWGIF