IDENTIFICATION OF JASMINE (Jasminum sambac)

JASMINE (Jasminum sambac)

Jasminum sambac (Arabian jasmine or Sambac jasmine) is a species of jasmine native to tropical Asia, from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia. It is cultivated in many places, especially across much of South and Southeast Asia. It is naturalised in many scattered locales: Mauritius, Madagascar, the Maldives, Christmas Island, Chiapas, Central America, southern Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles.

Morphological character

Habitus: a small bush. Stems: woody with a height of less than 3 meters; slightly downy and sparse. Leaves: pinnate compound (pinnatus); the position of the leaves of the stem (philotaxic) type apposite; each book has two leaves facing each other; has only stems and strands only, ovate-shaped; leaf base is semi-circular while at the tip of the leaf is slightly tapered; like the leaves that are usually described; leaf edge uneven and slightly bumpy; the surface of the leaves is slightly wrinkled like guava leaves with pinnate leaves following the oval leaves; the reinforcement of the leaves is slightly curved.

Classification

Kingdom:          plantae

Clade:                tracheophytes

Clade:                angiosperms

Clade:                eudicots

Clade:                asterids

Order:                lamiales

Family:               oleaceae

Genus:               jasminum

Species:              jasminum sambac