Scientific Name: Jasminum sambac Linn. Spreading or sprawling shrub, usually less than 2 m in height. Leaves are glossy, ovate or rounded and 6 to 12 cm long, with short stalks, pointed or blunt tip and pointed or rounded base. Flowers are white, very fragrant and borne singly or in 3's in axillary or terminal inflorescence.

Adopted as the national flower of the Philippines.

Traditional Uses / Folkloric Uses:

• Fever or cough: Take decoction of flowers or leaves as needed.
• Ulcers: Pound flowers or leaves and apply on affected areas.
• Fever, abdominal distention, and diarrhea: use 3 to 6 gm of dried flowers or leaves, combined with other drug materials, use in decoction form.
• Reddening and swelling pain in the eye, use decoction of dried flowers as eyewash.
• Sprains and fractures: use root material in combination with other drugs and apply as external poultice.
  

Excerpts from: "An illustrated compilation of Philippine medicinal plants by Godofredo Stuart "