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The Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum) belongs to Oleaceae (the Olive family). It is a deciduous shrub that is native to South Asia, the Arabian peninsula, Northeast Africa, the African Great Lakes, and the Yunnan and Sichuan regions of China. It is a scrambling shrub growing to 2-4 m tall. The leaves are opposite, 5-12 cm long, pinnate with 5-11 leaflets. The white five lobed flowers bloom in open cymes. They have unique and sweet fragrance. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in warm temperate and subtropical regions. It is called "素馨花" (su xin hua) in Chinese.
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