193 it contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of eurasia, africa, and oceania 194 jasmines are widely cultivated for the characteristic fragrance of their flowers Jasmine has been used for liver disease (hepatitis), pain due to liver scarring (cirrhosis), and abdominal pain due to severe diarrhea (dysentery) It is also used to prevent stroke, to cause. Jasmine can be pruned as a shrub near the house or a walk so that its intense fragrance can be enjoyed by passersby as well as the hummingbirds and butterflies that are drawn to the flowers The genus jasminum contains more than 200 vines and shrubs.
The plants are native to tropical and to some temperate areas of the old world Several are cultivated as ornamentals A number of unrelated plants with fragrant flowers are also known as jasmines. Jasminum officinale, known as the common jasmine or simply jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family oleaceae It is native to the caucasus and parts of asia, also widely naturalized. The meaning of jasmine is any of numerous often climbing shrubs (genus jasminum) of the olive family that usually have extremely fragrant flowers
