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Genus: Jasminum (jasmines) Life
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About 450 species worldwide, found in Asia, Africa and
Australia. Twelve species are native to southern Africa and an additional 18
species and one hybrid species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Jasminum abyssinicum See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Jasminum angulare |
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Jasminum brachyscyphum Recorded
from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Jasminum breviflorum |
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Jasminum fluminense See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Jasminum glaucum |
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Jasminum meyeri-johannis Recorded
from Mozambique. |
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multipartitum |
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Jasminum quinatum |
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Jasminum stenolobum |
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Jasminum streptopus |
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Jasminum tortuosum |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Jasminum nudiflorum
(Winter jasmine) Native to China. Cultivated in
southern Africa as a garden plant. Often found growing in hedges, using
other plants for support. |
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Jasminum azoricum Native to
Madeira. |
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Jasminum beesianum Native to
China. |
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Jasminum fruticans Native from the
Mediterranean to Turkmenistan. |
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Jasminum gracillimum Native to
Borneo. |
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Jasminum grandiflorum (Spanish jasmine)
Native to Arabia. |
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Jasminum humile (Yellow jasmine)
Native from Afganistan to China. Italian jasmine is Jasminum humile
'Revolutum'. |
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Jasminum leratii Native to New
Caledonia. |
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Jasminum mesnyi (Primrose jasmine)
Native to China. |
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Jasminum multiflorum Native to
tropical Asia. |
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Jasminum nitidum |
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Jasminum odoratissimum Native to
Madeira and the Canary Islands. |
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Jasminum officinale (Common jasmine)
Native from India to China. |
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Jasminum polyanthum Native to
China. |
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Jasminum pubigerum Native to
India. |
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Jasminum sambac (Arabian jasmine, Zambac)
Native to India. |
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Jasminum stans Native to tropical
Africa. |
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Jasminum suavissimum Native to
eastern Australia. |
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Jasminum x stephanense Native to
China. |
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Ecological relationships
Herbivores
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