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Jasminum multiflorum
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<h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2> <p><i>Jasminum multiflorum</i> is native to <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>, <a href="/facts/Nepal/yWCzTBR2">Nepal</a>, <a href="/facts/Bhutan/fSRsLss9">Bhutan</a>, <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a>, <a href="/facts/Burma/zcqQH2oE">Burma</a>, <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>, and <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a>. It is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions. While Jasmine flowers are known for its attractive and intensely fragrant flower, this species does not have any scent. The species is reportedly naturalised in <a href="/facts/Florida/cF245A3Q">Florida</a>, <a href="/facts/Chiapas/VS9UF8pw">Chiapas</a>, <a href="/facts/Central_America/CXKgTuxC">Central America</a>, <a href="/facts/Queensland/lXBlIeY3">Queensland</a>, and much of the <a href="/facts/West_Indies/PpnoN692">West Indies</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p><i>Jasminum</i> is a <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latinized</a> form of the <a href="/facts/Arabic/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a> ياسمين <i>yasemin,</i> which refers to sweetly scented plants.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <p> Media related to Jasminum multiflorum at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Jasminum multiflorum at Wikispecies </p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.floridata.com/ref/j/jasm_mul.cfm">Floridata 602, star jasmine</a></li> <li><a href="http://gardenoftomorrow.com/jasminum-multiflorum-downy-jasmine-indian-jasmine/">Garden of Tomorrow, <i>Jasminum multiflorum</i></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180823180203/http://gardenoftomorrow.com/jasminum-multiflorum-downy-jasmine-indian-jasmine/">Archived</a> 2018-08-23 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kunda.html">Flowers of India, kunda</a></li> <li><a href="http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=161">Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants <i>Jasminum multiflorum</i></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Jasminum multiflorum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 February 2012. <a href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20663" target="_blank">https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20663</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Jasminum multiflorum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 February 2012. <a href="https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20663" target="_blank">https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20663</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Jasminum multiflorum <a href="http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=351552" target="_blank">http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=351552</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Jasminum multiflorum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220517002752/https://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Jasminum+multiflorum" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20220517002752/https://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Jasminum+multiflorum</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Biota of North America Program, Jasminum multiflorum <a href="http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Jasminum%20multiflorum.png" target="_blank">http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Jasminum%20multiflorum.png</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 220 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>