The Medieval Arabic term ""zanbaq"" denoted jasmine flower-oil from the flowers of any species of jasmine. This word entered late medieval Latin as ""sambacus"" and ""zambacca"" with the same meaning as the Arabic, and then in post-medieval Latin plant taxonomy the word was adopted as a label for the "J. sambac" species. The "J. sambac" species is a good source for jasmine flower-oil in terms of the quality of the fragrance and it continues to be cultivated for this purpose for the perfume industry today. The "Jasminum officinale" species is also cultivated for the same purpose, and probably to a greater extent.