300 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 
Jasmine. See Jasminum, all species. 
Jasminum grandiflorum. SPANISH JASMINE. 
Family Oleaceae. 
Loca NAMESs.—Hasmin (Guam); Jasmin (Spanish); Jasmin de olor (Mexico). 
A glabrous shrub with drooping anguiar branches and very fragrant white flowers. 
Leaves odd-pinnate, leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, rhomboid-oblong, elliptic, or round-elliptie, 
usually ending in a small point; calyx teeth linear, about 6 mm. long, rarely half as 
long as the corolla tube; corolla star-shaped, lobes sometimes attaining 12 mm. 
Jommon in Guam gardens. 
The flowers of this plant are the source of a very highly esteemed extract whieh 
enters into many manufactured perfumes. In India a medicinal scented oil is pre- 
pared from them, which is applied externally, and is said to be ‘“cooling.”’ The 
leaves are chewed as a remedy for ulceration of the mucous membrane of the mouth. 
REFERENCES: 
Jasminum grandiflorum L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 1: 9. 1762. 
Jasminum marianum. MARIANNE JASMINE. 
Local NAMES.—Panigo, Bandgo (Guam); Silisfli, Laidklaiék (Philippines). 
A shrub or small tree with terete branches. Leaves unifoliolate, opposite, feather- 
veined, elliptical, acuminate at the apex, petiole articulate below the middle with 
the base persistent; flowers in terminal trichotomous corymbs; calyx teeth 5 or 6, 
awl-shaped, as long as the tube; corolla with the tube 4 times as long as the calyx, 
lobes linear-lanceolate. First collected in Guam by Gaudichaud, who applies to it 
the vernacular name “banigo;’’ probably identical with “ panigo’’ of Governor 
Olive’s list, the wood of which, he says, is used for making plows and outriggers of 
canoes, The tube of the corolla is8 to 10 mm. long, lobes 6 to 8 mm, long. 
REFERENCEs: 
Jasminum marianum DC. Prod. 8: 307. 1844, 
Jasminum officinale. COMMON JASMINE. 
LocaL NAMEs.—Hasmin dikike (Guam); Jasmin blanco (Spanish ). 
A slender shrub requiring support, bearing small white fragrant flowers. Glabrous 
or nearly so; leaves opposite, odd-pinnate; leaflet 2 or 3 pairs, rhomboid-oblong, 
acute, the terminal leaflet the longest; flowers 2 to 10, in terminal more or less leafy 
clusters; calyx teeth linear, long; corolla lobes 8 by 6 mm. 
Common in the gardens of the natives, and highly esteemed for the fragrance of 
the flowers. These yield a fragrant oil similar to that of the preceding species and 
used for the same purposes. The root is a remedy for ringworm. 
REFERENCES: 
Jasminum officinale L. Sp. Pl. 1: 7.1753. 
Jasminum sambac. ARABIAN JASMINE. 
Local NAMEs.—Sampagita (Guam); Sampagas (Philippines); Gran duque 
(Mexico). 
A climbing shrub with angular pubescent branches and very fragrant white flowers. 
Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, with a single shining leaflet, the petiole short 
and abruptly curved upward, elliptic or broadly ovate, entire, either rounded at the 
apex or prominently acute; flowers in clusters of 3 to 12, white, often turning pur- 
plish on drying; calyx lobes linear and prominent, usually hirsute on edges; lobes 
of corolla oblong or orbicular, tube 12 mm. long, corolla often double. 
A fragrant oil is obtained from the flowers of this plant by the enfleurage process, 
i.e, by forming alternate layers of fat and flowers. The fat absorbes the odor and 
after standing for some time is melted at as low a temperature as possible and 
strained. Coconut oil may be scented in the same way by steeping cotton cloths in 
the oil and al-ernating them with layers of the flowers. In India crushed Sesamum 
seeds are used instead of fat or oil. 
