Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical forest

Range

South Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Status

Uncommon

About

This flowering shrub grows wild in the rocky foothills of the eastern Himalayas. Its white blossoms open exclusively at night and snap shut tightly during the daylight hours.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Oleaceae

Genus

Jasminum

Species

Jasminum sambac