Cestrum fasciculatum (Schltdl.) Miers

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Species

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Characteristics

Shrub 2-4 m high. Shoots and petioles densely covered in purplish hairs. Petiole to 4 cm long. Lamina 4-15 × 2.5-7.5 cm, narrow-to broad-ovate or ovate-elliptic, hairy; base cuneate to rounded; apex acute or shortly acuminate. Panicle dense; peduncles purple, hairy; fls sessile or subsessile, scentless. Calyx 0.7-1 cm long, hairy outside; lobes c. 2 mm long, ± triangular, acute. Corolla (1.2)-1.5-2-(2.5) cm long, scarlet; tube funnelform with cylindric base, constricted at apex, densely hairy outside; lobes, 2-3-(6) mm long, short-acuminate, densely hairy outside, glabrous inside. Fr. uncommon, 0.7-1.4 cm diam., ± subglobose to broad-obovoid, dark red.
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Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 3.0
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Environment

Cestrum fasciculatum and specimens cf. fasciculatum have been recorded from rainforest near roadside, disturbed tall open eucalypt forest and in dry sclerophyll forest.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
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Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Images

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Distribution

Cestrum fasciculatum world distribution map, present in Australia, India, Mexico, New Zealand, and United States of America

Conservation status

Cestrum fasciculatum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53573-2
WFO ID wfo-0001020496
COL ID T5MN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cestrum fasciculatum Cestrum fasciculatum Cestrum hartwegii Cestrum newelli Habrothamnus fasciculatus Habrothamnus fasciculatus Habrothamnus hartwegii Habrothamnus newelli Cestrum schiedei Meyenia fasciculata Cestrum fasciculatum var. gracile Cestrum hartwegii var. pubescens