Cestrum
| Cestrum | |
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| Fruit and blossoms of Cestrum tomentosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cestroideae |
| Tribe: | Cestreae |
| Genus: | Cestrum L. |
| Species | |
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Some 150-250, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cestrum is a
green cestrum, C. parqui). They are colloquially known as cestrums or jessamines (probably from the word "jasmine
", due to their fragrant flowers).
They are
toxic, causing severe gastroenteritis
if eaten.
Uses and ecology
Several species are grown as ornamental plants for their strongly scented flowers. Numerous cultivars have been produced for garden use, of which 'Newellii' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[1] (confirmed 2017).[2]
Some are invasive species. Especially notorious is green cestrum (C. parqui) in Australia, where it can cause serious losses to livestock which eat the leaves (particularly of drying broken branches) unaware of their toxicity.[3]
C. laevigatum is employed by wajacas (
hallucinogenic plants consumed by them, Craós wajacas consider it a potent entheogen, not to be taken by the uninitiated.[4]
Cestrum species are used as food by the
predators
.
Cestrum species are reported as
Selected species
Green cestrum
(C. parqui), the southernmost species- Cestrum ambatense Francey
- Cestrum aurantiacum – orange cestrum, orange-flowering jessamine, yellow cestrum, "orange jessamine"
- Cestrum auriculatum L'Hér.
- Cestrum bracteatum Link & Otto
- Cestrum buxifolium Kunth
- Cestrum chimborazinum
- Cestrum corymbosum Schltdl.
- Cestrum daphnoides Griseb.
- Cestrum diurnum L. – Day-blooming cestrum, Day-blooming jessamine
- Cestrum ecuadorense Francey
- Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl.
- Cestrum endlicheri Miers.
- Cestrum fasciculatum – early jessamine, "red cestrum"
- Cestrum humboldtii Francey
- Cestrum laevigatum Schltdl. – dama-de-noite (Brazil)
- Cestrum lanceolatum Miers [10]
- Cestrum lanuginosum Ruiz & Pavón
- Cestrum latifolium Lam.
- Cestrum laurifolium L'Hér.
- Cestrum meridanum Pittier
- Cestrum mutisii Roem. & Schult.
- Cestrum nocturnum – night-blooming cestrum, night-blooming jessamine, "lady of the night", raat ki rani (South Asia)
- Cestrum pacificum
- Cestrum parqui – green cestrum, Chilean cestrum, green poisonberry
- Cestrum peruvianum Roemer & Schultes
- Cestrum petiolare Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
- Cestrum psittacinum Stapf
- Cestrum quitense Francey
- Cestrum roseum Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
- Cestrum salicifolium Jacq.
- Cestrum santanderianum Francey
- Sendtn.
- Sendtn.
- Vell.
- Cestrum strigilatum Ruiz & Pav.
- Cestrum stuebelii Hieron.
- Cestrum thyrsoideum Kunth.
- Cestrum tomentosum L.f.
- Cestrum validum Francey
- Cestrum viridifolium Francey
References
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Cestrum 'Newellii'". Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 16. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ North West Weeds (2003): Green cestrum Archived August 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Version of 2003-APR-15. Retrieved 2007-NOV-14.
- PMID 17242806.
- ^ A. Sourakov; T. C. Emmel (1995). "Life history of Greta diaphana from the Dominican Republic (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)" (PDF). Tropical Lepidoptera. 6 (2): 155–157.
- ^ Oehlke, Bill. "Manduca afflicta afflicta man-DOO-kuhM af-FLIK-ta (Grote, 1865) Sphinx". silkmoths.
- ^ "Eating grubs". All About Heaven.
- ^ CS JAWALE; LB DAMA (2010). "Haematological Changes In The Fresh Water Fish, Exposed To Sub-Lethal Concentration Of Piscicidal Compounds From (Fam: Solanaceae)". National Journal of Life Sciences. 7 (1): 82–84.
- .
- ^ "Cestrum lanceolatum Miers". the plant list.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cestrum.
- Diario de plantas (2007): Cestrum parqui Archived 2008-02-10 at the Wayback Machine. Version of 2007-APR-20. Retrieved 2007-NOV-14.
- Hanelt, Peter & Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (eds.) (2001): Cestrum. In: Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops (Except Ornamentals). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 3-540-41017-1
- Huxley, A. (ed.) (1992): New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.
- Reiche, Karl Friedrich (1910): 10. Cestrum L.. In: Estudios criticos sobre la Flora de Chile 5: 372-373. PDF
- Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen & Jørgensen, Peter Møller (1993): Cestrum. In: Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. Aarhus University Press. ISBN 87-87600-39-0
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2007a): Germplasm Resources Information Network - Cestrum. Retrieved 2007-NOV-14.
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2007b): USDA Plants Profile: Cestrum. Retrieved 2007-NOV-14.
- Jawale C.S., Dama L.B. (2010). Insecticidal potential of Cestrum sp. (Solanaceae:Solanales) against Tribolium castaneumand Tribolium confusum (Herbst)(Coleoptera- Tenebrionidae). Deccan Curr. Sci. 3(2): 155-161.