#FlowerChallenge Jasmine Jasmine ( taxonomic name : Jasminum ; is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family of Oleaceae . 193 It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Eurasia , Africa , and Oceania .: 194 Jasmines are widely cultivated for the characteristic fragrance of their flowers. Additionally a number of unrelated species of plants or flowers contain the word "jasmine" in their common names (see Other plants called "jasmine" ).Jasmine can be either deciduous (leaves falling in autumn) or evergreen (green all year round), and can be erect, spreading, or climbing shrubs and vines . Their leaves are borne in opposing or alternating arrangement and can be of simple, trifoliate, or pinnate formation