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There are quite a lot of other plants with the common name of jasmine which don’t belong to the true jasmine family.

It’s a very important part of traditional wedding ceremonies and is a sacred offering during Hindu ceremonies.

In Indonesia, jasmine flowers represent eternal life, nobility and beauty in women.

There are now native species of Jasmine everywhere except for Antarctica and North America.

For extremely high-quality teas, this process is repeated up to 7 times. The tea is left with the open flowers for up to 4 hours, where it absorbs the scent of the jasmine. The humidity and temperature are manipulated to trick the flowers into opening, thereby releasing their scent. The flowers are picked before they open and then placed in a temperature-controlled room with the tea. It’s quite a process to infuse the tea with jasmine.

Jasmine is a common ingredient in green and black tea in China.

Jasmine is the national flower of a number of countries and states such as Syria, Hawaii and Thailand among others.

Jasmine and Olive are in the same family.

It boggles the mind a little doesn’t it? Fun Facts About Jasmine

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Imagine how many baskets full of these you would need to make 1kg of jasmine oil. It takes around 7.6 million flowers to produce 1kg of jasmine essential oil. If it is bruised or damaged, this may lessen the oil yield and scent so extreme care must be taken when harvesting. It must be picked at night to prevent the sun from dissipating the scent of the flowers. Jasmine is prized as a perfume but is incredibly expensive due to how difficult it is to extract oils from. From there, it moved to Spain in the 1600s where it was enthusiastically embraced and adopted by other European countries such as Italy and France. In the 1400’s Roroyalty in Afganistan, Nepal and Persia loved jasmine so much that they ordered it be planted around their palaces. It’s also sometimes called the Queen of the Night.ĭuring the Sung Dynasty (960-1279AD) in China, jasmine was revered for its scent.

The word jasmine comes from the word “Yasmin” which translates to “gift from God” and it was named because of it’s amazing scent. It’s believed that this may have happened as early as 1000BC. Botanists believe that Jasmin originated in Persia from where it crossed the Red Sea and made it’s way to Turkey and Greece. There is only one species native to Europe. There are around 200 native species which can be found in Eurasia and Oceania. Jasmine, or Jasminum Officinale, is a part of the Oleaceae family.

If you are pregnant, consult your doctor or midwife before consuming something you haven’t tried before. Always make sure that anything you consume is 100% safe. If you are ill, please go and see a doctor. Disclaimer: Any medicinal benefits given here are a product of my own research and as such should not be taken over the advice of trained medical professionals.