Grape jasmine is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing from 0.5 - 5 metres tall

The plant is cultivated in China as a medicinal plant and as an ornamental almost throughout the tropics and subtropics for its attractive and fragrant flowers. The plant responds well to trimming and makes an attractive flowering hedge. Grape jasmine is widely used as a medicinal herb in the tropics. Indeed, in India the applications in traditional medicine are so numerous that the plant may well be classified as a panacea for gastro-intestinal, urogenital and skin affections