genus Jasminum (TRUE Jasmine)
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
Jasminum twining anticlockwise.
Leaves pinnately veined
Not cyanogenic. Alkaloids present
Oil used in making perfumes.
Three species
The common white jasmine as Jasminum officinale
Spanish jasmine as Jasminum grandiflorum,
Arabian jasmine as Jasminum sambac
200 species