Jasmine, a flower that means a gift of God

Explore the amazing plant which bears more than fragrant flowers

The word jasmine originates from the Persian Yasmeen, or a gift from God, and is a genus of 200 shrubs or creepers from south Asia and southeast Asia of the olive plant family, Oleaceae.

Jasmine is a common name, and numerous plants of other genera (not Jasminum, the Jasmine genus) also go by the suffix jasmine but are not true jasmine plants.

Jasmine is …