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Cestrum diurnum L., Sp. Pl. 191 1753. (Syn: Cestrum album Ferrero ex Dun.;
Cestrum diurnum Griseb.; Cestrum diurnum var. fasciatiflorum Dunal;…..; Cestrum elongatum Steud.; Cestrum fastigiatum Jacq.; Cestrum fastigiatum Jan; Cestrum laurifolium Fawc.; Cestrum nocturnum Griseb.; Cestrum odontospermum Jacq.; Cestrum pallidum Lam.;
Cestrum tinctorium Jacq.; Cestrum tinctorium Griseb. [Illegitimate]; Cestrum venenatum Mill.; Cestrum vespertinum Lunan); .
S. Florida to Caribbean, Mexico: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.; Introduced: Assam, Bangladesh, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, India, Kenya, Marianas, Nepal, Samoa, Society Is., Tonga, Venezuela, Wallis-Futuna Is. as per POWO; . Common name: Day-blooming cestrum, Day jasmine, China berry, Chinese inkberry • Hindi: दिन का राजा Din Ka Raja • Tamil: Nar pakal nayaki
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Shrub or small tree, flowers greenish-white yellowish with recurved corolla lobes, blooming during the day;
Unlike Night Blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), this one is most fragrant during the day: flowers have very strong chocolate scent, as good as fragrance of famous Portlandia;
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just as allergenic pollen as the raat ki rani pollen…;
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Solanaceae Week: Cestrum diurnum from Gurgaon NCR:
Cestrum diurnum L., Sp. pl. 1:191. 1753 Shrub or small tree, flowers greenish-white yellowish with recurved corolla lobes, blooming during the day.
Photographed from Gurgaon.
Common name: day-jessamine; day blooming cestrum – I have this plant in my house In bengali we call it Hashnuhana. It has a splendid smell. Its a nightblooming plant
Solanaceae Week: Cestrum nocturnum: – Cestrum diurnum :White Chocolate Jasmine, Inkberry, Day Blooming Jasmine. Unlike Night Blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), this one is most fragrant during the day: flowers have very strong chocolate scent, as good as fragrance of famous Portlandia. – it is Din ka Raja – Yes Cestrum diurnum. I had also uploaded it during the week. – I am adding my pictures in the same thread hopefully of the same species(?)
ID: I suspect Cestrum sp., close up of flower focussing on calyx should help I shall attach the closeup of calyx. But it is not fragrant. … unless there is any other close species, this could be native of tropical Americas, Cestrum diurnum, commonly known as: China Berry, day jasmine, inkberry, white chocolate jasmine.
efloraofindia:”For Id 25082011MR1’’ white flowers Pune:
Date/Time- August 2011 Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Pune Maharashtra
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Garden Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub Height/Length- about 3-4 feet Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- small white flowers Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen Cestrum diurnum It is called as Din ka Raja. It blooms by day as against Cestrum nocturnum which blooms by night (From the same family) yes Cestrum diurnum, Din Ka Raja plant doesn’t have smell like Raat Ki
Rani
Pl. find the attached file contain photos for id. request.
Location: Thudiyalur, Coimbatore
Date: 14.12.2011
Habitat: Garden
Habit: Tree … this must be the white chocolate jasmine, Cestrum diurnum (family: Solanaceae), native of tropical America. Yes 100% Cestrum diurnum din ka raja…
please help me to identify this plant and family…
photographs taken on 1 march 2013 One of my classmates gave me this plant to identify it… actually he pressed it in a notebook to bring it to the college..that is why the leaves are curled.. Should be Cestrum diurnum… Solanaceae, an ornamental plant also called “Din Ka Raja” as we have “Raat Ki Rani”- Cestrum nocturnum from the same family.. Cestrum species.
Hooghly : Cestrum diurnum L. : 6 images. 1 post by 1 author.
07072013 ASP 86 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Yes, Cestrum diurnum… Yes Cestrum diurnum. Din ka Raja.
Solanaceae Fortnight :: Cestrum diurnum :: Thane :: DVFEB08/16 : 1 post by 1 author. 4 images.
Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum diurnum L. Feb2015sk04/21 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Since fruits are black this should be Cestrum diurnum L., as per description of FoP.
My earlier upload of this particular individual. Very good photographs …
Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum diurnum from Gurgaon NCR-GSFEB30/32 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Cestrum diurnum L., Sp. pl. 1:191. 1753 Shrub or small tree, flowers greenish-white yellowish with recurved corolla lobes, blooming during the day.
Photographed from Gurgaon.
Common name: day-jessamine; day blooming cestrum
Solanaceae Fortnight::Nicotiana Sp for ID Feb-15 NSJ-16 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Nicotiana SP?? for ID Not Nicotiana … It is Cestrum diurnum.
Solanaceae Fortnight :: Cestrum diurnum :: Sagar Upvan :: ARKFEB-09/15 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7)
Attached are pictures of Cestrum diurnum captured at Sagar Upvan in February 2013.
Requested to validate the ID. Yes …, nice pictures..
Solanaceae Fortnight:: Cestrum diurnum from Panipat-NS Feb 05/05 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
This is a commonly planted shrub, flowers slightly scented, petals juicy…
Cestrum diurnum “Din ka Raja“
Solanaceae Fortnight:Cestrum diurnum? at Mumbai : PKA-FEB28/28 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) very nice
Solanaceae Fortnight:: Cestrum diurnum :: SMPFEB15/15 : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image.
Cestrum diurnum from Pune
Solanaceae Fortnight : Cestrum diurnum : Muscat : 22FEB15 : AK-12 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Commonly known as Day Jasmine, a cultivated plant seen at a farm house on the outskirts of Muscat.
Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum diurnum at Navi Mumbai : PKA-FEB38/38: : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Cestrum diurnum at CBD Belapur Navi Mumbai. Common name: Day Jasmine Very good photographs …
ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Please identify this small shrub. Garden plant from Hyderabad The plant is: Cestrum diurnum of Solanaceae. Popularly known as “day king [din ka raja]. . looking for seeds and plant of cestrum diurnum : 2 posts by 2 authors.
Sir, great to see thi group. I’m looking for seeds and plant of cestrum diurnum (din ka raja) but did not got it in nurseries nearby. Can you help me procuring seeds of this plant and couple of plants. I’ll be greatly obliged. Please also let me know if any other member of the group can help me regarding this. I’m putting up in Rohini area of Delhi. During March-April I saw some plants wildly growing on the bank of the Hooghly river in front of the main gate of Serampore College (Hooghly District). The plants also had seeds on them. But I didn’t collect any. Sorry for unable to help on this.
Plant for id (from West Bengal) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) bush for id – Tamil Nadu – NAW-OCT15-02 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)
Kindly identify this bush photographed in the nursery of the Forest Way at Tiruvannamalai, today. (23.10.15)
The height of the plant is about 1.5 metres.
Minute white flowers with a fragrant scent, about 3-4 mm diameter, tube about 10-12 mm long.
Dark purple fruits with purple flesh and 2-3 seeds. To me this is Cestrum diurnum … Thank you Sir. Is this considered a native species? The Wikipedia page on the species as well as the list of alien species in India according to A. Khuroo et al (Alien flora of India: taxonomic composition, invasion status and biogeographic affiliations) says that it is a native of the Caribbean while the flowersofindia.net page labels it a native of India. . locations of cestrum diurnum plants : 2 posts by 1 author.
sir this is … we are research on cestrum diurnum plants for human psoriasis treatment so kindly help to us for finding the locations of cestrum diurnum plants
Location : Sentosa, Singapore
Date : 18 October 2012
Altitude 131 m.
Habit : Cultivated
Cestrum diurnum L. ??
Yes…should be Cestrum diurnum..!!!
Cestrum diurnum (day cestrum, day jasmine, inkberry, China Berry, white chocolate jasmine, tentanchinu, thauthau, tintan china) – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Cestrum diurnum :: Virajpet, Coorg :: 10 NOV 19 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 2 images.
… at a resort in Virajpet, Coorg Date: November 10, 2019 … Altitude: about 910 m (3000 ft) asl
Cestrum diurnum L.
din ka raja
Yes …, that is an apt name. . Cestrum diurnum L. :: Waghbil, Thane :: Dec 1, 2007 · JUN23 DV311: 4 images. Cestrum diurnum L.
Waghbil, Thane :: Dec 1, 2007 · 12:47 PM IST :: about 3 m (10 ft) asl
Earlier uploaded at efloraofindia
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