World Wide Distribution
J.sambac (Linn.) Ait. probably originated in
India and was brought to Malaysia and Java
around the 3rd century; since then widely
cultivated throughout the Malaysian region
for its heavily scented flowers and tropics of
both Hemispheres.In Tamilnadu, Andhra
Pradesh, Kannad, Chazipur, Sikanderpur
and Karnataka, the Jasmine particularly
J.sambac (L.) Ait. are commercially
cultivated for flowers (2, 3)
.