Cestrum nocturnum
COMMON NAME | Night blooming
Jasmine |
TYPE | Shrub |
FAMILY | Solanaceae |
NOTES | A large, sprawling
evergreen shrub with simple, waxy, oval-shaped leaves. Clusters of small,
tubular,green-white to cream-colored flowers appear from spring to fall and
are followed by berries that are most commonly white. Plants are most
floriferous when weather is moist and warm. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Mexico, Latin America and the
Caribbean |
NATIVE HABITAT | Moist or wet forests
including riparian zones, secondary forests and dense lowland forests as well
as open areas, both natural and disturbed. |
WEB SOURCES | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cestrum_nocturnum http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cestrum+nocturnum |