Common name: Jasmine

Latin name: Jasminum officinale L.

Family: Oleaceae

Other names: Arab.: Yasmin or Ysmyn (Origin of Jasmine name); Engl.:Common White Jasmine, Poet’s Jasmine, Persian: Jessamine, Sp.: jazmin China: Yeh Hsi Ming Botan.: Jasminum grandiflorum, Jasminum officinale var. grandiflorum.

Two types of jasmine are used for the extraction of oil. Some botanists describe them as two distinct species: J. grandiflorum and J. officinale, while others consider J. grandiflorum to be a variety of officinale. The oil of the two flowers is virtually identical.

Poet’s jasmine: (White Jasmine) Jasminum officinale L.

Royal jasmine:  (Catalonian and Spanish jasmine) Jasminum grandiflorum L.