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Night-Blooming
Cestrum,
Night-Blooming
“Jasmine”
Cestrum nocturnum
L.
SESS-trum
knoct-URN-um
Solanaceae
Explanation
of name:
Cestrum is Latin for point (DAV). Nocturnum means nocturnal.
Natural
range:
Tropical America (not Florida)
Recognition:
Shrub with alternate, non-stipulate, glossy leaves, the branches sprawling.
Flowers axillary, borne along the stem, creamy-white or greenish-white,
long-tubular, perfume-fragrant, the petals not curled back. Berries white
Cestrum diurnum
L.
is similar, with tubular white flowers, but day-blooming, and its flowers are
shorter with reflexed petals. It is a FEPPC Category II Invasive Exotic.
Cestrum aurantiacum
has characteristic orange-yellow tubular flowers. It has a somewhat weedy
aspect.
Landscape
uses:
Grown for its fragrant nocturnal flowers. Blooms repeatedly. Propagate by seeds
or by cuttings. Escapes from cultivation (WU2).
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Botanical |
English |
FL native |
Growth form
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Flowering season
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Typical dimensions
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Suggested spacing |
Cultural conditions
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Problems
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Cestrum nocturnum |
Night Blooming Cestrum
Night-Blooming Jasmine |
Exotic |
Shrub
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WM
(CHR) |
6’(10’) X 4’+
(PBCC, DAV) |
4’-6’
(DAV) |
SU-PS
WI
ME-MO
(CHR, PBCC) |
Toxic
Escapes
(WU2) |
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