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Cestrum nocturnum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Cestrum nocturnum L., Sp. Pl. 191. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 189. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 279. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 271. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 496. 1990; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 481. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 575. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Lady of the Night, Night Jessamine, Night Blooming Jasmine, Night Jessamine, Queen of the Night
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Description:
Glabrous shrubs up to 4.0 m tall, sometimes assuming a tree-like proportion, glabrous. Leaves 5-10 x 3-5 cm, alternate, elliptic-ovate, cuneiform, and acute. Petiole 8-12 mm long. Flowers cymose racemes, greenish-yellow. Cayx green, 5-toothed. Corolla tube narrow tubular, lobes 5-6 mm long, ovate-acute. Stamens 5, included, puberulent at base. Berry 8-10 mm long, oblong, white; seeds 1-3.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-June
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Introduced as garden plant, now running wild along the roadsides and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Native of West Indies; commonly cultivated in Tropical regions
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Devicolam, Karthikapally
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