Jasmine
๐ In short
Jasmine is a flowering shrub with small white or yellow flowers with a lovely sweet scent. There are about 200 kinds, and people love it in the Arab world, so much that Damascus is called โthe city of jasmineโ.
๐คฉ Did you know?
- There are about 200 kinds of jasmine.
- Some kinds of jasmine lose their leaves in winter, and some stay green all year.
- Spanish jasmine has bigger flowers, with a light red color underneath.
- Jasmine is the national flower of several countries, including Syria and Tunisia.
๐ Find out more
๐ Scent at night
Some kinds of jasmine smell stronger in the evening and at night, filling gardens and homes with their lovely scent.
๐ Jasmine in Damascus
In the old houses of Damascus, jasmine climbs the courtyard walls, and its white flowers fall to the ground like a sweet-smelling carpet.
๐ก Perfume and tea
A precious fragrant oil is taken from jasmine flowers to make perfume. And the Chinese add the flowers to green tea to give it a lovely smell.
๐ฏ Flowers for decoration
In some countries people make necklaces and bracelets of jasmine flowers to give at celebrations and weddings, and decorate brides' hair with them.
๐ธ More pictures
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 Which city is called โthe city of jasmineโ?
2 What is taken from jasmine flowers?
3 There are about ?? kinds of jasmine.
4 Which picture shows โJasmineโ?
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๐ท Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons
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