Purple jasmine is also called grass jasmine, jasmine night flower, rouge flower, landmine flower, night Jiao Jiao Jiao, official pink flower, Chaolai flower, stewed soup flower, pink bean flower, bathing flower and late tea flower.
Purple jasmine, purple jasmine although the flowers are not like jasmine, but it will have fragrance, and jasmine is very similar, and the flowers are purple red, even the name of purple jasmine.
Nocturnal, purple jasmine is generally open in the evening, and will continue to the early morning, fragrance filled, it has the name "nocturnal".
Rouge flower, the reason why purple jasmine is called Rouge flower, is because in the past, girls all like to squeeze the flower of purple jasmine, smear it on their lips, as rouge, so they have the reputation of rouge flower.
The reason why purple jasmine is also called "rice flower" and "bath flower" is that it blooms in the evening, which happens to be the time for rural cooking and women to help children bathe, so it is called "rice flower" or "bath flower". It's said that purple jasmine is a playful child who got lost. He told the child that when he saw the purple jasmine Blossom, he said it would be dark tomorrow and he would hurry home.
Landmine flower, purple jasmine is called landmine flower, mainly because of the shape of its fruit, a small ball, black, looks pothole, like a small black landmine, called "landmine flower" is too image.
The name is mainly because of the seed of Mirabilis jalapa, which contains white milk embryo. When the seed is dry, it will become white powder, which is used for dressing.
In fact, purple jasmine has long appeared in literary works. In a dream of Red Mansions, there are plots about purple jasmine, poems about purple jasmine by Guo Moruo, other essays, articles, etc., all of which can be seen.