Cestrum diurnum L.Family: Solanaceae
Synonyms: Cestrum album Ferrero ex Dun., Cestrum diurnum var. fasciatiflorum Dunal, Cestrum diurnum var. fastigiatum (Jacq.) Stehlé, Cestrum diurnum var. marcianum Proctor, Cestrum diurnum var. odontospermum (Jacq.) O.E.Schulz, Cestrum diurnum var. portoricense O.E.Schulz, Cestrum diurnum var. tinctorium (Jacq.) M.Gómez, Cestrum diurnum var. venenatum (Mill.) O.E.Schulz, Cestrum elongatum Steud., Cestrum fastigiatum Jacq., Cestrum fastigiatum Jan, Cestrum odontospermum Jacq., Cestrum pallidum Lam., Cestrum tinctorium Jacq., Cestrum tinctorium Griseb., Cestrum venenatum Mill.
Common name: Day-blooming cestrum, Day jasmine, China berry, Chinese inkberry
Hindi: Din Ka Raja दिन का राजा
Finnish: Rohtonuijakukka
Tamil: nar pakal nayaki
Thai: ทิวาราตรี
Swedish: Vit juvelbuske
Description: A shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall, branched. Leaves 4.5-12.5 x 2.5-4.0 cm, elliptic-lanceolate to oblanceolate. Flowers in extra-axillary peduncles. Calyx lobes shallowly obtuse, minutely ciliate. Corolla infundibuliform, lobes reflexed, obtuse. Berry ± globose, black.
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