Jasmin (5FT String)

Jasmine, (genus Jasminum), also spelled jessamine, genus of about 200 species of fragrant-flowered shrubs and vines of the olive family (Oleaceae). The plants are native to tropical and to some temperate areas of the Old World. Several are cultivated as ornamentals. Winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) Valerie Finnis.