Scientific Name : Cestrum diurnum L.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit: Evergreen shrub to 2 m tall, with multiple trunks, often densely branched and branches arching. Leaves: Alternate, simple, short petioled (to 1.2 cm); blades smooth, leathery, entire, shiny green, oval to oblong, 5-11 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide. Inflorescence : Axillary cymes. Flowers: fragrant in daytime, creamy white, trumpet-shaped, in several-flowered, stalked clusters at upper leaf axils; corolla tube to 1.8 cm long, with tiny petal lobes curled back. Fruit: an oval berry, to 7 mm long, green ripening through violet to shiny blue-black, with 4-14 seeds. Flowering: July - October Fruiting: July – October Significance : Cultivated in the gardens for its flowers which are sweet scented during day.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
दिन का राजा, Day jasmine
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Synonym(s):
Cestrum album Ferrero ex Dunal Cestrum diurnum var. fastigiatum (Jacq.) Stehlé Cestrum diurnum var. marcianum Proctor Cestrum diurnum var. odontospermum (Jacq.) O.E.Schulz Cestrum diurnum var. portoricense O.E.Schulz Cestrum diurnum var. tinctorium (Jacq.) M.Gómez Cestrum diurnum var. venenatum (Mill.) O.E.Schulz Cestrum elongatum Steud.
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Family:
Solanaceae
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16-08-2022
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