Is it true that in Russia jasmine is often called a completely different plant?

Among the most common park plants of central Russia, there is a shrub with fragrant white colors, which many, out of habit, call jasmine. We decided to check whether to call him so correctly.

Perhaps people are misleaded by a similar strong sweet aroma and characteristic white flowers, combined into inflorescences. At the same time, they are interested in a similar issue as Gardeners, so ordinary Users Internet. And very experienced lovers of indoor and garden plants can recall such varieties as the Madagascar and Japanese, and also recall the jasmine of sambak.

Using the knowledge of the basic school course of biology, we can understand that all these flowers should relate to the kingdom of plants, the flowering department and the two -bottom class. But then it’s easy to get confused. After the class, two more clarifying divisions follows: by orders and family. It turns out that the closest relatives of the original jasmine are lilacs, olives and ash. Real jasmine refers To the family of olive, it really has a characteristic strong sweet smell, white or yellow flowers, however, it is not found in central Russia. Basic places Its habitat is subtropical and tropical regions. In particular, in South and Southeast Asia, jasmine flowers are used as a decoration, and in Indonesia it is an indispensable attribute of the bride’s outfit at traditional wedding ceremonies. It is also actively used in Asian culture as a fragrant additive for tea.

One of the subspecies of a real jasmine is Jasmine Sambak, or Arab jasmine. This variety also causes a lot of confusion. He has nothing to do with the Arab countries, his homeland is the east of Gimalaev: Butan, Pakistan and India, where the climate is softer than in the Middle East. Both species relate to evergreen, there are both curly and shrub varieties. None of them is able to withstand wintering in open ground in our area.

A more frost -resistant and, accordingly, common in a temperate climate is a shrub very similar to jasmine - The hobby From the family of gornings. The international name of the plant is Philadelfus, meaning “loving brother” and symbolizing its closely intertwood branches. Russian name It happened Due to the fact that hollow stems of plants were used as a chubuk-parts of a smoking tube. Also, musical instruments were made from old stems - puffs and even flute. Like Jasmine, a monster not only Used As a decorative plant, but is used in both the perfume and food tradition. The essential oil of the monster is signed as “garden jasmine oil” - possibly to preserve the association with a familiar aroma. And on dietary supplements from the dried mock -up, it is usually indicated correctly.

Almost never found in open ground in our climate, but two more plants called Jasmine are popular on the windowsills: Madagascar and Japanese. Madagascarsky, he Stefanotis, - evergreen liana from the kind of flippy. Stefanotis has leathery dark green leaves and stellar white flowers collected in inflorescences. It has nothing to do with the original jasmine from the Maslinov family and is related only to the class.

But the Japanese jasmine, also called the jasmine of the local has A direct attitude to the real jasmine, but, however, has nothing to do with Japan. It is an evergreen bush with small inflorescences of bright yellow flowers with a sweet specific smell. In Russia it can Meet in the area of ​​Sochi. The plant is really Enters in the genus of jasmine and the family of olive, however is happening From Western China, and by no means from Japan.

Thus, in the park zones of central Russia, it is unlikely that a real jasmine is able to meet. Another plant grows there - a hoodie. But on the windowsills and in greenhouses you can see representatives of this kind: a white jasmine, jasmine sambak or a Japanese jasmine coming from China. However, it is important not to confuse him with another decorative vine - the Madagascar jasmine, or Stefanotis, from the Faming family.

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Read on the topic:

1. Encyclopedia of plants
2. Shantser I. A. “Plants of the Central Star of European Russia. Field Atlas "