What Is The Scientific Name Of Sampaguita? (ANSWER)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SAMPAGUITA – In this topic, we are going to know about the scientific name of sampaguita, the Philippine national flower.
Also known as Arabian jasmine, Sambac jasmine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Pikake, Kampupot, Melati, or in our country, Philippine Jasmine. it is a flower native to the southern Asia, in India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
It is also the national flower of Indonesia but its called the Melati Putih. The flower grows in a small semi-climbing shrub or woody vine which reached to 0.5 to 3 meters or 1.6 to 9.8 feet.
It falls under the following categories:
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Lamiales
- Family: Oleaceae.
The flowers bloom alone or as bundles of blossoms at the top of branches. It is known for its sweet, heady fragrance and is known as the symbol of fidelity, purity, devotion, strength and dedication.
According to The Flower Expert, it is also known in the Philippines by many names:
- sambac
- sampagung
- campopot
- lumabi
- kulatai
- pongso
- malur
- manul
Scientific Name
The binomial nomenclature of sampaguita is Jasminum sambac.
The genus Jasminum is derived from the Persian term Yasameen or “gift from God”, and is a genus of shrubs and vines of the Olive family.
The species sambac, on the other hand, os derived from the medieval Latin term “sambacus” and “zambacca”, which is derived from the medieval Arabic term “zanbaq” which denotes jasmine flower-oil from the flowers of any species of jasmine.
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