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Cestrum diurnum L.

Day jessamine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Cestrum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 3-4m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open places and disturbed soils in places such as roadsides, fencerows, pastures, vacant lots, and abandoned farmland, and also as a weed in gardens.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Central nervous system depressants (aerial part), Parasympatholytics (aerial part), Anemia, hemolytic (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Cardiotonic agents (leaf), Cardiotoxins (leaf), Hyperglycemia (leaf), Hypophosphatemia (leaf), Neoplasms (leaf), Antifungal agents (seed), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified), Hypothermia (whole plant excluding root), Spasm (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Cestrum diurnum leaf picture by Gutierrez Araisy (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Cestrum diurnum flower picture by George Henry (cc-by-sa)
Cestrum diurnum flower picture by Nada Vergili (cc-by-sa)
Cestrum diurnum flower picture by Nada Vergili (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Cestrum diurnum fruit picture by Nada Vergili (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cestrum diurnum world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Cook Islands, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guam, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Sudan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Cestrum diurnum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316380-2
WFO ID wfo-0001020453
COL ID T5LW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446014
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cestrum diurnum Cestrum diurnum Cestrum diurnum Cestrum fastigiatum Cestrum pedunculatum Cestrum forsythi Cestrum album Cestrum fastigiatum Cestrum diurnum var. fastigiatum Cestrum diurnum var. marcianum Cestrum diurnum var. portoricense
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