Oleaceae FAMILY

Jasminum auriculatum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Jasminum auriculatum is a small, evergreen, climbing shrub. The plant is harvested from the wild for its essential oil and local medicinal uses. It is cultivated commercially, especially in India and Thailand, for the essential oil contained in the flowers[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. A beautiful flowering plant, with an extremely heavy gardenia type scent, it is not very common but is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in gardens[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Nepal, India, Sri Lanka.

HabitatDry areas of Sri Lanka[ 464 Title A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon Publication Author Trimen H.; continued by Hooker J.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Dulau and Co; London. Year 1898 ISBN Description Very dated, but still a useful work. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].