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| White Jasmine |
Jasmine is a type of shrub or bush plant. Although there are several types of jasmine that grow vines, their growth tends to be irregular.
Jasmine is a plant from the olive family or Oleaceae. Its Latin name is Jasminum sp. which became popularly known as Jasmine in English. There are at least about 200 species of jasmine flowers spread throughout the world. Flowers that have a distinctive fragrance can live well in tropical areas and warm-temperature areas such as Eurasia and Oceania. Jasmine flowers have the characteristic of dropping their leaves in autumn, but there are also types whose leaves remain green all year round or are "evergreen". White jasmine or Jasminum sambac is a species of jasmine originating from southern Asia (in India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It spread from Hindustan to Indochina, then the Malay Archipelago. This flower is one of the three national flowers of Indonesia (as "Puspa Bangsa"). This flower is also the national flower of the Philippines. White jasmine grows in the yard and can be used as a hedge plant. Its height can reach 2 meters. Morphology Jasmine can be classified as a shrub, it can also be a little vine. Jasmine propagates "messy" (dragging), or "loose" when it is young. The stem is round woody with a height of 0.3-3 meters. It has a branched stem, and is brown in color. White jasmine leaves are single, with short petioles, about 5 mm in size, opposite each other. The leaves are oval, to oblong, the tip is sharp, the base is rounded, the edge is flat, the veins are pinnate, with a size of 5-10 cm × 4-6 cm. The inflorescences are compound, growing in the axils of the leaves, limited to 3 flowers or a dense cluster with many flowers. Flowers single or in pairs (in cultivated varieties), with 7–10 petal segments, 2.5–7 mm long, downy, corolla 7–15 mm long, 5 lobes, ovate or oval, 8–15 mm long , mostly white, strongly scented. The crown of the flowers is in the form of wrinkled sheets, like a trumpet, which are white, and smell good. The fruit includes buni fruit, shiny, and black, and surrounded by petals. Some varieties of double-flowered jasmine are known to not produce fruit. The roots include riding, hard to break, -even if they break-, the marks are uneven, and also not fibrous. The roots are bookish/enlarged. Important Meaning White jasmine is one of Indonesia's national flowers (officially designated by law in 1990), the other two national flowers are the moon orchid and the giant lotus. The importance of white jasmine in Indonesian culture is known much older. Long known as a sacred flower in Indonesian tradition, it symbolizes purity, simple elegance and sincerity. It also symbolizes beauty in simplicity and humility, because even though these white flowers are small and simple, their fragrance is sweet. This flower is the most important flower in wedding ceremonies for various ethnic groups in Indonesia, especially in Java. Jasmine flower buds that have not fully opened are usually picked, collected and strung together into jasmine garlands. On wedding days, a traditional Javanese or Sundanese bride's hair is adorned with strings of jasmine garlands arranged as a hairnet to cover the konde (hair bun). Melati also adorns the groom's keris, this series is called roncen intestines which refers to its intestine-like shape and is associated with the legend of Arya Penangsang. Makassar and Bugis brides also adorn their hair with jasmine buds pinned to their hair to resemble pearls. Jasmine is also used as floral offerings for hyangs, spirits and deities especially among Balinese Hindu, and also often present during funerals. Jasmine has a broad meaning in Indonesian tradition; it is the flower of life, beauty, and marriage, but is often associated with the spirits of the dead and death. In Indonesian struggle songs and poetry, the fall of jasmine flowers is often used as a symbol of the death of heroes who sacrificed for the nation and state. This meaning is very similar to the fall of cherry blossoms in Japanese tradition which symbolizes the death of warriors. The patriotic songs "Melati di Bumtara" (1947) by Ismail Marzuki and "Melati Suci" (1974) by Guruh Sukarnoputra describe jasmine as a hero who died on the battlefield, whose fragrance is always present as kusuma that adorns Mother Earth. The song "Melati from Jayagiri" by Iwan Abdurachman likens jasmine to the beauty of a holy girl and a past love that has been lost and is always missed. In Indonesia and China, this flower is mixed into jasmine tea drinks. Jasmine tea is the most popular drinking in Indonesia, we are drink this drinking almost every day. Economic Value White jasmine is a flower that has high economic value, in Indonesia white jasmine is used as a mixture for tea. Jasmine tea is the most popular tea in our country. The jasmine used for teas must be picked early in the day and must be still in bud. Other uses are for various rituals, fragrances and herbal medicines. So far, jasmine farming is still in the traditional form and is very simple. |
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| Jasmine Tea |
