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    Interesting Facts about Yellow Jasmine

    By SylviaMarch 20, 2020Updated:March 22, 2020No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Yellow jasmine Quick Facts
    Name: Yellow jasmine
    Scientific Name: Jasminum humile
    Origin Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Greece, Iran, Italy, Myanmar, Nepal
    Colors Green when young turning to black as they mature
    Shapes Berry simple or didymous, globular-ellipsoid, 4-6 mm long, full of crimson juice
    Taste Bitter
    Health benefits Beneficial for bowels and heart health, ringworm, intestinal problems, chronic sinuses and fistulas
    Italian jasmine or Yellow Jasmine scientifically known as Jasminum humile is a much-branched shrub commonly found in the Himalayan region. It is a species of flowering plant in the Oleaceae family and is native to Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Greece, Iran, Italy, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya and Yugoslavia. The species is extensively cultivated and supposedly naturalized in Greece, Sicily and the former Yugoslavia. Some of the popular common names of the plant include Italian jasmine, Italian yellow jasmine, yellow Jasmine and Nepal jasmine. The Latin specific epithet humile means “low-growing”.

    Plant Description

    Yellow jasmine is a small erect much-branched, evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub that normally grows about 2.5–4 m (8–13 ft.) tall and 3 m (10 ft.) wide. The plant is found growing in scrub, dry valleys, in the Himalayas, open forest and margins, coastline, shrub lands, limestone hills, and barren sites. It is a roundish semi-evergreen shrub with thick stems. It has green, angular branches. Leaves are alternate, very variable in size about 2-10 cm long and sometimes revolute. Leaflets 3-7, coriaceous, dark green above, paler beneath, variable in shape, elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, terminal sometimes larger than lateral.

    Yellow Jasmine Facts

    Name Yellow jasmine
    Scientific Name Jasminum humile
    Native Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Greece, Iran, Italy, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia
    Common Names Italian jasmine, Italian yellow jasmine, yellow Jasmine, Nepal jasmine
    Name in Other Languages Arabic: Geelbosjasmyn, yasimin ‘asfar  (ياسمين أصفر)
    Azerbaijani: Аlçаqboy jаsmin
    Bengali: Svarnajui , Sbarṇacāmēlī (স্বর্ণচামেলী)
    Chinese: Ai tan chun (矮探春)
    English: Italian jasmine, Italian yellow jasmine, yellow Jasmine, Nepal jasmine
    French: Jasmin jaune
    German: Niedriger Jasmin
    Hindi: Peeli Chameli (पीली चमेली), Son Chameli, Nepal jasmine, Peela jui , Malto
    Hungarian: Alacsony jázmin
    Kannada: Hasarumallige
    Kumaon: Sonajahi
    Malayalam: Ponmallika, jāsmīnaṁ humail (ജാസ്മീനം ഹുമൈൽ)
    Nepali: Masino Jaai  (मसिनो जाईफूल), Jaaee (जाई)
    Persian: یاسمن پاکوتاه
    Portuguese: Jasmim
    Sanskrit: Svarnajuthica, Hemapushpika
    Spanish: Jazmín de Italia
    Tamil: Semmallingai
    Telugu
    : Pachche adavimalle
    Plant Growth Habit Small erect much-branched, evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub
    Growing Climates Scrub, dry valleys, in the Himalayas, open forest and margins, coastline, shrub lands, limestone hills, and barren sites
    Plant Size About 2.5–4 m (8–13 ft.) tall by 3 m (10 ft.) wide
    Leaf Alternate, very variable in size, 2-10 cm long, sometimes revolute; leaflets 3-5(-7), coriaceous, dark green above, paler beneath, variable in shape, elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, terminal sometimes larger than lateral
    Flowering season March, April, May, June, July
    Flower Terminal corymbose cymes; pedicels 5-15 mm long. Bracts linear, minute. Calyx tube c. 3 mm long, teeth very short. Corolla yellow, tube 1-2.5 cm long, lobes 5, broadly ovate-obtuse or round, reflexed when the flower is open.
    Fruit Shape & Size Berry simple or didymous, globular-ellipsoid, 4-6 mm long, black when ripe, full of crimson juice
    Fruit Color Green when young turning to black as they mature
    Propagation Semi-ripe cuttings
    Plant parts used Flower, Leaf, Oil, Root
    Taste Bitter
    Season September-December
    Culinary uses
    • The leaves are used as a condiment.
    • A tea is made from the leaves and bark.

    Flower & Fruit

    Inflorescences are lax clusters of yellow tubular flowers at the end of branches. Flowers have a slender tube, 1-2 cm long, with 5 rounded spreading petals, about 6 mm. Sepal tube is cup shaped, only 3 mm in size, with tiny triangular sepals. Flowering normally takes place from March to July. Fertile flowers are followed by black colored berries about 8 mm in size, with crimson juice.

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    Traditional uses and benefits of Yellow Jasmine

    • The juice of the root is used to treat skin diseases such as ringworm.
    • Milky juice from the whole plant is given to destroy the unhealthy lining-walls of chronic fistulas and sinuses in India.
    • Flower is used as an astringent and tonic for bowels and heart.
    • Paste made from the flowers is considered effective in the treatment of intestinal problems.
    • Yellow dye from roots used for ring worms.

    Other facts

    • Flowers yield essential oil used in perfumery.
    • It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

    Precautions

    • The plant is considered highly toxic.
    • Touching the flowers may produce allergic reaction.
    • Excessive doses may cause respiratory depression, giddiness, double vision, death.

    References:

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Jasminum+humile

    https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20658

    http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200017782

    https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/IASHU

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-351902

    http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Yellow%20Jasmine.html

    http://en.hortipedia.com/Jasminum_humile

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasminum_humile

    https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/63671/#b

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    Yellow Jasmine Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Jasminum humile

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Order Lamiales
    Family Oleaceae
    Genus Chrysojasminum E.A Banfi
    Species Chrysojasminum humile (L) Banfi
    Synonyms
    • Jasminum chrysanthemum Roxb
    • Jasminum farreri Gilmour
    • Jasminum flavum Sieber ex DC
    • Jasminum humile f. farreri (Gilmour) P.S.Green
    • Jasminum humile var. glabrum (DC.) Kobuski
    • Jasminum humile var. humile
    • Jasminum humile f. pubigerum (D.Don) Grohmann
    • Jasminum humile var. pubigerum (D.Don) Kitam
    •  Jasminum humile var. revolutum (Sims) Stokes
    • Jasminum humile var. revolutum Stockes
    • Jasminum humile var. revolutum (Sims) Kobuski
    • Jasminum humile var. siderophyllum (H.Lév.) Kobuski
    • Jasminum humile f. wallichianum (Lindl.) P.S.Green
    • Jasminum inodorum Jacquem. ex Decne
    • Jasminum italicum Dippel
    • Jasminum jacquemontii Jacquem. ex Decne
    • Jasminum mairei H.Lév
    • Jasminum mairei var. siderophyllum H.Lév
    • Jasminum pubigerum D.Don
    • Jasminum pubigerum var. glabrum DC
    • Jasminum revolutum Sims
    • Jasminum triumphans Dippel    
    • Jasminum wallichianum Lindl
    • Jasminum wallichii Jacques
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