{"id":1297771,"date":"2011-02-14T09:51:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T09:51:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:54:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:24:02","slug":"cestrum-nocturnum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/cestrum-nocturnum\/","title":{"rendered":"Cestrum nocturnum (Introduced)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Cestrum<\/i> nocturnum<\/i> L.,<\/span> Sp. Pl. 191 1753<\/i>. (Syn: Cestrum foetidissimum<\/i> Jacq.; Cestrum<\/i> graciliflorum<\/i> Dunal<\/span><\/a>; Cestrum hirtellum<\/i> Schltdl.; <\/span>Cestrum<\/i> leucocarpum<\/i> Dunal<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Cestrum<\/i> multiflorum<\/i> Roem. & Schult.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Cestrum<\/i> nocturnum<\/i> var. mexicanum<\/i> O.E.Schulz<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Cestrum<\/i> propinquum<\/i> M.Martens & Galeotti<\/span><\/a>; Cestrum salicifolium<\/i> Hort. Monsp. ex Dun. (ambiguous synonym); <\/span>Cestrum<\/i> scandens<\/i> Thibaud ex Dunal<\/span><\/a>; Cestrum spicatum<\/i> Mill.; <\/span>Cestrum<\/i> suberosum<\/i> Jacq.<\/span><\/a>; Cestrum yucatanense<\/i> Francey <\/span>);
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\nMexico to Venezuela: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panam\u00e1, Venezuela;<\/span> Introduced into: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic,<\/span> East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii,<\/span> India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Malawi, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Philippines, Puerto Rico, R\u00e9union, Society Is.,<\/span> Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is.,<\/span> West Himalaya, Windward Is., Za\u00efre, Zimbabwe<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Tachira), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico\u00a0 State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, Lesser Antilles (I) (Martinique (I)), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Jamaica (I), Cuba (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (Tortola (I)), Colombia (I), Australia (I) (New South Wales (I)), Taiwan (I), Java (I), China (I) (Fujian (I), Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Yunnan (I)), Fiji (I), New Caledonia (I), American Samoa (I) (Manua Isl. (I)), Marshall Isl. (I) (Likiep (I)), Micronesia (I) (Yap (I), Pohnpei (I)), Niue (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Raiatea (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Guam (I)), Austral Isl. (I) (Tubuai (I)), Bonin Isl. (I) (Chichijima (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Madagascar (I), Zimbabwe (I), Malawi (I), Uganda (I), Kenya (I), Tanzania (I), Zanzibar (I), Cameroon (I), Ethiopia (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I) (Ha`ena (I)), Oahu (I) (Ko: Tantalus (I)), East Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I) (Hilo) (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I), Andamans (I), Nicobars (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Darjeeling (I),<\/span> Laos (I), Vietnam (I), Philippines (I), Bangladesh (I), Sri Lanka (I), Nepal (I), Pakistan (I),<\/span> USA (I) (California (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Louisiana (I), Texas (I)), Trinidad & Tobago (I)<\/span> as per Catalogue of life<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Common name:<\/b>\u00a0Night Blooming Jasmine, Night-blooming cestrum, Lady of the night \u2022\u00a0Bengali<\/span>:<\/strong> Hasna hana \u2022\u00a0Hindi<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940 Rat ki rani \u2022\u00a0Kannada<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0cb0\u0cbe\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0ca3\u0cbf Raatri raani \u2022\u00a0Konkani<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0930\u093e\u0924\u0930\u093e\u0923\u0940 Raatrani \u2022\u00a0Manipuri<\/span>:<\/strong> \uabca\uabe5\uabd5\uabdc \uabc2\uabe9 Thabal lei \u2022\u00a0Marathi<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0930\u093e\u0924\u0930\u093e\u0923\u0940 Raatrani \u2022\u00a0Mizo<\/span>:<\/strong> Zanlalnu<\/div>\n
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A spreading shrub<\/span> with greenish white flowers with spreading to erect corolla lobes, blooming at night.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Solanaceae Week: Cestrum nocturnum from Delhi<\/a>:
\nCestrum nocturnum<\/b><\/i> L.,\u00a0 Sp. pl. 1:191. 1753
\nsyn: Cestrum suberosum<\/i> Jacq.<\/div>\n
A spreading shrub with greenish white flowers with spreading to erect corolla lobes, blooming at night.<\/span> Commonly grown<\/span> in Delhi and elsewhere.
\n<\/span>Common names: <\/span>Night jessamine<\/b>; <\/span>lady-of-the-night
\n<\/b>Hindi: <\/span>Raat ki raani\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
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SYMBIOSIS 392<\/a> : Attachments (1).\u00a0\u00a01 post by 1 author.
\nAttaching an image of <\/span>male Common Mormon butterfly<\/span><\/b> on the flowers of <\/span>Cestrum nocturnum<\/i><\/div>\n
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What plant\/ABDEC33<\/a> : 9 posts by 3 authors.\u00a0Attachments (5).<\/div>\n
I saw it growing out of a wall in town behind a roadside stall.<\/span> Please help identify it.<\/div>\n
The leaves are about 6 in long.<\/span>
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This is Cestrum nocturnum<\/i>, “Raat Ki Raani<\/b>“….a great refreshener through its superb fragrance, more so in evenings and before midnight…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nBut when I first saw it I had felt that the flowers were perhaps tad bit too big size of the face.. and length etc
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Thank you … …, I will get a rough measurement of the flower today but my guess would be about 20-30mm across at face and 40-50mm long stem.<\/p>\n

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HAL 32 2014\/12\/18:<\/a> 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)<\/span>
\nPlease ID this small shrub<\/span> with fruits. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka<\/span> in Mar 2013.<\/p>\n

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Solanaceae Fortnight: Solanaceae of Indonesia\u00a03<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
\n<\/span>I send you <\/span>Cestrum nocturnum<\/i><\/div>\n
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Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum nocturnum L. Feb2015sk05\/22<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
\n<\/span>This is a <\/span>cultivated scandent shrub<\/span>. <\/span>Flowers are not fragrant during the daytime, but surely fragrant in the evening. <\/span>Using KEY in FoP it seems to be <\/span>Cestrum nocturnum<\/i> L.
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Solanaceae Fortnight :: Cestrum nocturnum :: various places :: DVFEB09\/17<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors.\u00a06 images.<\/div>\n
Cestrum nocturnum<\/i>\u00a0L.<\/div>\n
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Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum nocturnum from Delhi-GSFEB31\/33<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
\n<\/span>Cestrum nocturnum<\/i><\/b> L.,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Sp. pl. 1:191. 1753
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A spreading shrub<\/span> with greenish white flowers with spreading to erect corolla lobes, blooming at night.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Commonly grown in Delhi and elsewhere<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Common names: Night jessamine<\/b><\/span>; lady-of-the-night
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Solanaceae Fortnight::Cestrum nocturnum Feb NSJ-04<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
\n<\/span>Cestrum nocturnum<\/i> (<\/span>Raat Rani<\/b>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Solanaceae Fortnight :: Cestrum nocturnum :: Mumbai :: ARKFEB-11\/17<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
\n<\/span>Attached are pictures of <\/span>Cestrum nocturnum<\/i> captured <\/span>at Mumbai in October 2012<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Solanaceae Fortnight:: Cestrum nocturnum from Panipat-NS Feb 08\/08<\/a>\u00a0: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (6)<\/div>\n
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This is a very commonly planted shrub<\/span>, for its very sweetly scented flowers emitting fragrance in the evening..
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Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum nocturnum at Mumbai : PKA-FEB48\/48<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
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Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum nocturnum : at Mumbai : PKA-FEB30\/30<\/a> : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
\nPhotos of “fruits of Cestrum nocturnum<\/span><\/i> (Solanaceae<\/span><\/i> Family) i.e. Ratrani<\/b>“.<\/p>\n

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Solanaceae Fortnight : Cestrum nocturnum : Nasik : 25FEB15 : AK-23<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Solanaceae Fortnight: Cestrum nocturnum: RVS07<\/a> : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
\nHere are pictures of <\/span>Cestrum nocturnum <\/i>growing in the medicinal plant garden<\/span> of University of Mississippi.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Solanaceae Week: Query regarding native range of some species<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors.
\nI was going thru the allied flowersofindia website on the <\/span>Solanaceae<\/i> family and many popular species like <\/span>Chili<\/b> (Capsicum frutescens<\/i>), Tomato<\/b> (Lycopersicon esculentum<\/i>), Night Blooming Jasmine<\/b> (Cestrum nocturnum<\/i>),<\/span> Datura<\/b> (Datura innoxia<\/i>)<\/span> are labeled “Native” while less popular cousins are either “Introduced” or “Naturalised”. Wikipedia mentions these species as native to the Americas and globalized only after the conquest of the New World by Europeans.
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question on flowering of cestrum nocturnum – \u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0930\u093e\u0923\u0940 in Mumbai\/INDIA<\/a>:
\nRequest to tell us about flowering period of Cestrum Nocturnum<\/i> in India mainly in Mumbai,
\nmy colleage has planted this in her garden pot & is flowering now and so curious to know through “me”
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–\u00a0\u00a0In my garden this plant used to have flower throughout the year<\/span>. But flowers were luxuriant during rainy season.<\/span> <\/i>And as the name suggests, this blooms at night. This is a water loving plant I assume and hence needs watering everyday. That may enhance flowering in your area.<\/p>\n

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– With some experience in horticulture I can \u00a0say that generally watering does not enhance flowering. What is needed is optimum moisture content in the soil. In fact for all the annual seasonal flowering plants, the horticulturist advise the growers to\u00a0withhold water at the time of flowering.\u00a0This is my experience too.<\/span> Furthermore, many of the plants do not flower properly during rainy season due to improper sunlight. Of course there are exceptions. This particular plant might fall in that group.<\/p>\n

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Location: Lakeside, Pokhara,\u00a0Nepal<\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 13 April \u00a02017<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: 2600 ft.<\/span><\/div>\n
Nepali Names :\u00a0\u092c\u093e\u0938\u0928\u093e Baasanaa \/ \u0939\u0938\u093f\u0928\u093e Hasinaa \/ \u0939\u0938\u0928\u093e Hasanaa<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cestrum nocturnum L.<\/a> : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- around 1600 kb each.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Location:\u00a0Ranibari, Kathmandu<\/span><\/span>
Date: 10 September \u00a02019<\/span>
Elevation:\u00a0<\/span>1370<\/span>\u00a0m.<\/span>
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Hasna hena<\/b> in bangla. raat rani<\/b> in gujarati.
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In Nepali also same name including some more ! Cestrum nocturnum<\/i> L.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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For ID 030610 ET – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nID pl. – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nCestrum nocturnum – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nNocturnum cestrum – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Cestrum nocturnum :: Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane :: 11 JAN 20<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. 4 images.
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SL 221 131213<\/span><\/a> :\u00a0Attachments\u00a0(1). 3 posts by 3 authors.
\nPlease ID this\u00a0<\/span>small medicinal plant<\/span>. Photo was taken\u00a0<\/span>in Sri Lanka<\/span>\u00a0in Sep 2012.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Solanaceae<\/em>?<\/p>\n

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Looks like different\u00a0sp.<\/p>\n

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Looks like\u00a0Cestrum nocturnum\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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Location:\u00a0Ranibari, Kathmandu<\/span>
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\nElevation:\u00a01370\u00a0m.<\/span>
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Solanaceae, Cestrum<\/em> sp.,<\/p>\n

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No match with any\u00a0Cestrum<\/a>\u00a0!<\/p>\n

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Any Jasminum<\/em> species ?<\/p>\n

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Couldn’t find any match, Sir.
\n70-100 ft tall\u00a0<\/span>Jasminum<\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Cestrum<\/i>? Don’t know of any.
\n<\/span>I would think of member of <\/span>Lauraceae,<\/em> like\u00a0<\/span>Litsea<\/i>, but again couldn’t find a suitable match.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Not\u00a0Cestrum,<\/em>\u00a0Jasminum<\/em>\u00a0or Litsea,<\/em> Its definitely a member\u00a0of Solanaceae,<\/em> but without flower and mature fruit, cannot say anything with surety.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks Sir, that explains why I failed on Litsea<\/i>\u00a0!!!<\/p>\n

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I attach here resized photographs of your plant sp. Please, confirm all pictures are from the same plant.<\/div>\n
Please, forgive me, I ask you this because the last picture seems to display ripe fruit and after uploading the same you asked to ignore it – efi thread<\/a><\/div>\n
And, also the tree is around 70 to 100 ft?
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It is a small bushy shrub not very thick branches about 5\/6 m. only !<\/span><\/p>\n

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But, I am afraid, no solanaceae member, listed in\u00a0Flora of Nepal<\/a>, meets your species.
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There is one introduced species in\u00a0India (Asam)<\/a>,\u00a0Brunfelsia uniflora<\/i>, (https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/occurrence\/gallery?taxon_key=2932913<\/a>) that may attain the size of your plant – link<\/a><\/div>\n
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If the seed images don’t belong to this plant then it seems to be\u00a0Cestrum nocturnum.<\/i><\/p>\n

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On closer examination to me all the images posted by Saroj ji (except the dried fruit), belong to the same plant.
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I think …, both are correct.
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Cestrum nocturnum<\/i>\u00a0does occur in the wild as an escape and can grow among other plants taking the support of small trees. The images here are typical of this species at the immature fruiting stage.<\/p>\n

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Yes, Madam, I also saw them growing in the wild. I just couldn’t visualize that they can attain such a height to call them trees! Of-course I am not that good observant, at least, was not observant\u00a0at all before joining eFI.<\/p>\n

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Ok, Sir ji, I made the mistake. first taking it as a 70 ft tree, then a shrub having 15-20 ft branches. I apologize.
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    Only, I couldn’t find the “Kidney shaped seed” at the bottom-right-corner iof the last picture.<\/p>\n

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    These are just green fruit, Sir! … might have picked ripe fruits from the ground below.<\/p>\n

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    I am not fully satisfied. Leaves also look slightly different.
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    Yes, Sir, I do agree 100%, instead of looking at the “single leaf” picture, please compare the leaves present in the other pictures.<\/p>\n

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    We even have oblique leaf picture<\/a>\u00a0at eFI page (please scroll down to end of the page.<\/p>\n

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    360 ID Citharexylum<\/a>: 17 high res. images.
    \nPlease ID garden plant growing in a garden.<\/span> The house owner told me it is Citharexylum,<\/em> having attractive fragrance in late night while blooming<\/span> (I can’t enjoy its fragrance),
    \nLocation: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
    \n<\/span>Altitude: 1500fsl
    \n<\/span><\/span>Flower date: 24APR2022, 04.40pm<\/span>
    \n<\/span>Habitat: garden, moisture
    \n<\/span>Plant habit: shrub, erect, obliquely, branches, hard stem 07 inches base circumference, rough bark, perennial
    \n<\/span><\/span>Height: 02.5 meters<\/span>
    \n<\/span>Leaves: alternate, elliptic, acute, size:10\u00d75cm
    \n<\/span>Flower: axillary panicle racemose, clustered, diameter:08mm, off-white, good fragrance
    \n<\/span>Fruit: berry green into white, ovoid, size:12\u00d75mm, edible fleshy sweet with lite bitter
    \n<\/span>Seed: black single, ovoid, size:5\u00d72mm
    \n<\/span><\/span>Camera: CANON EOS1500D<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Cestrum nocturnum<\/em> L. !<\/p>\n

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    Yes, it is\u00a0Cestrum nocturnum<\/em> L, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant,<\/p>\n

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    efloraofin\u200bdia:”2810\u200b2011MR1\u2019\u2019 plant with white ?flowers ?fruits Pune:<\/a>
    \nRequest for identification<\/span><\/div>\n
    I am observing this plant for almost a month the white ?buds never opened <\/span><\/div>\n
    I do not know if they are flowers or fruits<\/span><\/div>\n
    Date\/Time- Oct 2011<\/span><\/div>\n
    Location-Place, Altitude, GPS- Pune<\/span><\/div>\n
    Habitat- Garden\/ Urban\/ Wild\/ Type- Garden<\/span><\/div>\n
    Plant Habit-Tree\/ Shrub\/ Climber\/ Herb-\u00a0 Shrub <\/span><\/div>\n
    Height\/Length- about 2 to 2.5 feet<\/span><\/div>\n
    Leaves Type\/ Shape\/ Size- green<\/span>
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    Can it be Cestrum nocturnum<\/em> I think I have missed the flowering season <\/span><\/p>\n

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    For ID 160423MRJ1<\/a>: 3 high res. images.
    \nIs it Cestrum nocturnum<\/em>?<\/p>\n

    Date\u00a0: 13\/04\/2023<\/span><\/div>\n
    Place: Avalanche forest reserve, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu<\/span><\/div>\n
    Plant habit:\u00a0shrub\/tree?? have seen growing upto 7 to 8ft..with several branches coming from the ground.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
    Leaves: places were only this species seen as undergrowth in shola forests there is a bad smell coming. From the leaves most probably.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
    Fruit: white color berries\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
    Seen as undergrowth in shola forests close to tea plantations. Nothing much grows beneath it.<\/span><\/p>\n
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    POWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of life<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> specimens – one<\/a>, two<\/a>, three<\/a>, four<\/a>, five<\/a>, six<\/a>, BSI Flora of India Checklist<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0 FOC illustration<\/a> \u00a0Flora of Pakistan<\/a> \u00a0Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal<\/a> \u00a0Flora of peninsular India<\/a><\/div>\n
    http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2713666<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
    Cestrum nocturnum – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
    Cestrum nocturnum – Night Blooming Jasmine<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
    PlantFiles: Detailed information on Night Blooming Jasmine, Night Scented Jessamine, Queen of the Night Cestrum nocturnum<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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