Oleaceae

Common jasmine

Jasminum officinale L.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Jasminum

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
KidsNot sure

Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Common jasmine (Jasminum officinale) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (31)

Arabic: ياسمين شامي, سجلاط, سيس, قين, ياسمين بلدي
arz: ياسمين شامى
azb: آغ جاسمین
Azerbaijani: Ağ jasmin
Bulgarian: Бял жасмин
Catalan: Gessamí, Gessamí blanc, Llessamí
Chinese: 素方花, 大花素馨花, 素馨子, 耶悉茗, 具毛素方花, 西藏素方花, 毛素方花
English: Common jasmine, Poet's jasmine
Finnish: Rohtojasmiini
frr: Echt Jasmiin
Galician: Xasmín
Hungarian: Közönséges jázmin
Indonesian: Melati gambir
Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಜಾಜಿ
Korean: 자스미눔 오피시날레
ks: چَمبہٕ
lah: یاسمین
Malayalam: ജാസ്മീനം ഒഫിസിനേൽ
Marathi: सायली
os: Урс сагхъæд
Pashto: سپين یاسمين
Persian: یاس سفید
Polish: Jaśmin lekarski
rsk: Майово квеце
Russian: Жасмин белый
sc: Gesminu
Slovenian: Pravi jasmin
Tamil: மௌவல்
Turkish: Hakiki yasemin
Vietnamese: Nhài thường
Welsh: Jasmin yr haf

Synonyms

Jasminum affine Royle ex Lindl.
Jasminum ochroleucum Bosse
Jasminum officinale f. affine (Royle ex Lindl.) Rehder
Jasminum officinale f. aureovariegatum (Weston) Rehder
Jasminum officinale var. acutum Stokes
Jasminum officinale var. affine (Royle ex Lindl.) G.Nicholson
Jasminum officinale var. argenteovariegatum Weston
Jasminum officinale var. aureovariegatum Weston
Jasminum officinale var. aureum Bean
Jasminum officinale var. bosphoricum K.Koch
Jasminum officinale var. officinale
Jasminum officinale var. piliferum P.Y.Pai
Jasminum officinale var. pumilum Stokes
Jasminum officinale var. tenuifolium Stokes
Jasminum officinale var. tibeticum C.Y.Wu
Jasminum viminale Salisb.
Jasminum vulgatius Lam.

Flowers

In flower: May, August (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: olmagon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Olivier Lenoir, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Aruna Gamuz, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maxime Richard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Silvia Ten, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.