Jasminum angustifolium

{{Short description|Species of shrub}}

{{speciesbox

|name = Wild jasmine

|image = Wild jasmine.jpg

|genus = Jasminum

|species = angustifolium

|authority = (L.) Willd.{{WCSP | accessdate = 28 June 2020}}

|synonyms =

• Nyctanthes angustifolia {{au|L.}}

|synonyms_ref =

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Jasminum angustifolium, the wild jasmine,{{Cite web|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Jasmine.html|title=Wild Jasmine|last=|first=|date=|website=Flowers of India|publisher=|access-date=28 August 2016}} is a species of jasmine native to Sri Lanka and India, including the Andaman Islands. It is a climbing shrub with a smooth stem and minutely pubescent branchlets. It grows up to {{Convert|6|meters|ft|abbr=on}} tall. Leaves are dark green and opposite in arrangement.{{Cite web |title=NParks {{!}} Jasminum laurifolium |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/4/1437 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.nparks.gov.sg}} The flowers are approximately {{cvt|1|in|mm|0|order=flip}} in diameter, and resemble a star with seven or eight narrow petals, flowering between June and August.

Its flowers are used as sacred floral offerings and perfumes.{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Anurudh Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8fwwDwAAQBAJ&dq=jasminum+angustifolium&pg=PA188 |title=Wild Relatives of Cultivated Plants in India: A Reservoir of Alternative Genetic Resources and More |publisher=Springer |year=2017|isbn=9789811051166 }} The root of the plant is also used for medicinal properties.{{Cite book |last=Watt |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZihOAgAAQBAJ&dq=jasminum+angustifolium&pg=PA541 |title=A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2014|isbn=9781108068765 }}