Jasminum fruticans, Bush Jasmine,
יסמין שיחני
 
Scientific name:  Jasminum fruticans L.
Common name:  Wild Jasmine, Bush Jasmine
Hebrew name:  יסמין שיחני
Arabic name:  ظيّان, Zayyan
Family:  Oleaceae, זיתיים

Flowers in Israel, flora en Israel

 
Life form:   Chamaephyte
Leaves:  Alternate, compound, pinnate
Flowers:  Yellow
Flowering Period:  April, May
Habitat:  Mediterranean maquis and forest
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:   Med - Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:  Perenating

Jasminum fruticans, Bush Jasmine, יסמין שיחני


Derivation of the botanical name:
Jasminum,the Latin version of the Persian name yasmin.
fruticans, shrubby, bushy.
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

Jasminum fruticans, Bush Jasmine, יסמין שיחני