Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.

Orange-flowering jessamine (en), Galant (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Cestrum

Characteristics

Large shrub to 4 m high, sparsely pubescent on new growth. Leaves elliptic; lamina 7–10 cm long, usually more than 3 cm wide; petiole 1–4 cm long. Inflorescence subspicate, raceme-like, axillary and terminal; flowers 10–15, sessile or almost so, frequently subtended by a leafy bract, lanceolate below to linear above. Calyx 5–8 mm long; lobes narrowly triangular to linear, 1–3 mm long. Corolla orange-yellow; tube 17–21 mm long, very slightly inflated in upper part; lobes 3.5–5 mm long. Stamens inserted about middle of corolla-tube; filaments c. 5 mm long, with a blunt, conical, pubescent process at point of insertion, sparsely and minutely pubescent below; anthers c. 1.5 mm long. Style 15–16 mm long. Berry 7–12 mm long, white. Seeds ovoid, c. 3 mm long, dark brown.
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Shrubs, pubescent on young growth, glabrescent. Petiole 1-1.4 cm; leaf blade ovate or elliptic, 4-7 × 2-4 cm. Inflorescences erect, terminal or axillary racemose panicles; bracts deciduous, leaflike, to 7 mm. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 6 mm, sometimes with 5 prominent longitudinal ribs; teeth ca. 1 mm, often somewhat unequal. Corolla golden yellow, 1.4-2 cm, gradually expanded upwards, glabrous, lobes 3-4 mm. Filaments denticulate, pubescent at point of insertion. Berry white, ovoid, 7-11 mm; persistent calyx often splitting. Seeds ca. 4.
Shrub to c. 2 m high. Lvs glabrous. Petiole 1-5 cm long. Lamina 4-15 × 2-7 cm, oblong-ovate; base cuneate to truncate; apex shortly acuminate. Infl. paniculate; branches puberulent or glabrate; fls sessile or shortly pedicellate, scentless. Calyx tube 6-8 mm long; lobes subulate-acuminate, 0.7-2 mm long, ciliate in sinuses. Corolla 2-2.5 cm long, orange; tube ± cylindric-funnelform; lobes c. 3 mm long, puberulent inside, becoming strongly reflexed, acuminate. Fr. c. 1.5 × 2 cm, ± broadly ellipsoid, white; apex truncate.
Small tree or climbing shrub, 1.8-6.0 m high. Leaves lanceolate or ovate, up to 150 mm long, acute or acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate. Calyx up to 10 mm long. Corolla 20-25 mm long. Berries white. Flowers orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.9 - 2.75
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Environment

Occurs in waste places mostly in urban areas.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Parasympatholytics (aerial part)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Images

Leaf

Cestrum aurantiacum leaf picture by Vannessa Pellatt (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cestrum aurantiacum world distribution map, present in Australia, China, Costa Rica, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kenya, Mexico, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Réunion, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Cestrum aurantiacum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53484-2
WFO ID wfo-0001020324
COL ID T5JP
BDTFX ID 102267
INPN ID 706024
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cestrum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum Cestrum paucinervium Cestrum pedunculare Habrothamnus aurantiacus Cestrum chaculanum Cestrum aurantiacum Cestrum aurantiacum var. macrocalyx Cestrum aurantiacum var. chaculanum Cestrum aurantiacum f. aurantiacum