Botanical name | Cestrum species |
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Plant Care | ![]() Deciduous Deciduous – Sheds Its Leaves Annually ![]() Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day. ![]() Frost Sensitive Frost Sensitive – Will Get Damaged and Possibly Killed During Periods of Frost. ![]() Moderate Watering Moderate Watering – Requires Regular Watering. ![]() Pruning Required Pruning Required – Needs to be Pruned. ![]() Non Indigenous Non Indigenous – Exotic to South Africa. |
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Flowers | This plant has clusters of fragrant, tubular to funnel-shaped flowers. |
Common name(s) | Cestrums, Jessamines |
Foliage | They bear simple alternate foliage, usually narrow with smooth margins. |
Maintenance | Prune after flowering. |
Fruit | Cestrum species bears small blackish or reddish berries. |
Possible problems | Poisonous Entire plant , yes |
Cestrum species (Cestrums, Jessamines)
- Botanical name: Cestrum species
- Common name(s): Cestrums, Jessamines
- Categories: Shrubs and Perennials
Plant description:
This species is fast and easy growers. They bear simple alternate foliage, usually narrow with smooth margins and clusters of fragrant, tubular to funnel-shaped flowers. The flowers are followed by small blackish or reddish berries. The berries and all other parts of the plant should be considered poisonous. Prune after flowering.
Family: Solanaceae
Botanical Pronunciation: SES-trum
Cestrum species requirements and features
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Moderate Maintenance
Requires moderate maintenance.
This plant has clusters of fragrant, tubular to funnel-shaped flowers.
They bear simple alternate foliage, usually narrow with smooth margins.