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Common name: Purple Cestrum
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  Solanaceae Week: Cestrum elegans from Delhi:
Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl., Linnaea 19:261. 1846 Syn: Habrothamnus elegans Brongn. ex Neumann; Cestrum purpureum (Lindl.) Standl.
Somewhat climbing shrub with crimson to reddish-purple flowers in loose clusters, a continuous blooming plant.
photographed from Sunder Nursery, Delhi
Common names: Crimson cestrum; purple cestrum Cestrum x cultum ‘Cretan Purple’ as pointed by … in Cestrum elegans from San Francisco Botanical Garden, California and as per details and references herein.
Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum elegans from Delhi-GSFEB32/34 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Very Good Pictures Sir. Cestrum x cultum ‘Cretan Purple’ as pointed by … in Cestrum elegans from San Francisco Botanical Garden, California and as per details and references herein.
Solanaceae Fortnight:: Cestrum elegans from Panipat-NS Feb 13/13 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Cestrum x cultum ‘Cretan Purple’ as pointed by … in Cestrum elegans from San Francisco Botanical Garden, California and as per details and references herein.
Solanaceae Fortnight :: Cestrum elegans :: MNP :: ARKFEB-10 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Attached are pictures of Cestrum elegans captured at MNP in March 2013.
Requested to validate the ID. Yes from my side… Cestrum x cultum ‘Cretan Purple’ as pointed by … in Cestrum elegans from San Francisco Botanical Garden, California and as per details and references herein.
Plant ID. LUDHIANA. 1/16 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Please help me to identify this shrub Cestrum Species? Cestrum elegans … Cestrum x cultum ‘Cretan Purple’ as pointed by … in Cestrum elegans from San Francisco Botanical Garden, California and as per details and references herein.
Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl. ??? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Location: Bajrabarahi,Nepal
Altitude: 4700 ft.
Date: 13 April 2013
Wild or cultivated? May be cultivated ! I also think closer to images at Cestrum elegans
Thank you …! Nepali Name : रुख हसना Rukh Hasanaa Cestrum x cultum ‘Cretan Purple’ as pointed by … in Cestrum elegans from San Francisco Botanical Garden, California and as per details and references herein.
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