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|name = Wild jasmine <br />
|image = Wild jasmine.jpg<br />
|genus = Jasminum<br />
|species = angustifolium<br />
|authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Carl Ludwig von Willdenow|Willd.]]<ref name=WCSP>{{WCSP | accessdate = 28 June 2020}}</ref><br />
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*''Nyctanthes angustifolia'' {{au|L.}}<br />
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=WCSP/><br />
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'''''Jasminum angustifolium''''', the '''wild jasmine''',<ref name="Flowers of India">{{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}}</ref> is a species of [[jasmine]] native to India, Sri Lanka and the [[Andaman Islands]].<ref name=WCSP/> It is a climbing shrub with a smooth stem and minutely pubescent branchlets. 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.<ref name="Flowers of India"/><br />
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This flower, along with ''[[Jasminum grandiflorum]]'', play a central role in Buddhist and Hindu temple floral offerings and garlands.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
'Jasminum' is a [[Latin]]ized form of the [[Arabic]] word 'yasemin', for sweetly scented plants.<ref name="gledhill">Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9780521866453}} (hardback), {{ISBN|9780521685535}} (paperback). pp 220</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Jasminum|angustifolium]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Sri Lanka]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of India (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of the Andaman Islands]]<br />
[[Category:Plants described in 1753]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]<br />
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