300 USEFUL PLANTS Oi' GUAM. 



K Jasmine. See Jasminum, all species. 



Jasminum grandiflorum. Spanish jasmine. 



Family Oleaceae. 



Local names.— Hasmin (Guam); Jasmin (Spanish); Jasmin de olor (Mexico). 

 A glabrous shrub with drooping angular branches and very fragrant white flowers. 

 Leaves odd-pinnate, leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, rhomboid-oblong, elliptic, or round-elliptic, 

 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. 

 Common in Guam gardens. 



The flowers of this plant are the source of a very highly esteemed extract which 

 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 grandifloram L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1:9. 1762. 

 Jasminum marianum. Mabianne jasmine. 



Local names. — Pandgo, Bandgo (Guam); Silisili, Laioklaiok (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, 

 lobea linear-lanceolate. First collected in Guam by Gaudichaud, who applies to it 

 the vernacular name "ban^o;" probably identical with "pandgo" 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 is 8 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 bianco (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: 



Jastninum officinale L. Sp. PI. 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 mfleurage 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 allernating them with layers of the flowers. In India crushed Sesamum 

 seeds are used instead of fat or oil. 



