Jasminum fruticans

Jasminum fruticans, Bush Jasmine,
Hebrew: יסמין שיחני, Arabic: الياسمين الشجيري


Scientific name:		Jasminum fruticans L.
Common name:		Wild Jasmine, Bush Jasmine
Hebrew name:		יסמין שיחני
Arabic name:		الياسمين الشجيري
Family:		Oleaceae, זיתיים


Life form:		Chamaephyte
Stems:		Up to 150 cm high; erect, four-angled; glabrous
Leaves:		Alternate, trifoliate, pinnate
Inflorescence:		Cymes
Flowers:		Yellow tubular flowers; inodorous
Fruits / pods:		Berries
Flowering Period:		April, May
Habitat:		Mediterranean maquis and forest
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Med – Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:		Perennating

Derivation of the botanical name:

Jasminum,the Latin version of the Persian name vasemin, yasmin, i.e. “gift from God.”

fruticans, shrubby, bushy.
The Hebrew name: יסמין, jasmin (Post Biblical Hebrew), Persian vasemin, whence also Arabic, vasamin, whence French jasmin, whence English jasmine.

The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

See the list of Medicinal herbs in Israel, the parts used and their medical uses to treat various diseases.