Cestrum diurnum

• Botanical Name : Cestrum diurnum L.
• Synonyms : Cestrum album Ferrero ex Dun.,Cestrum pallidum Lam.
• Common Name : Divas no Raja, Day Jasmine
• Plant Family : Solanaceae
• Plant Form : Shrub
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Van Chetana Kendra, Aranya Van

About Cestrum diurnum Plant :

• Habit : An erect shrub, branches with white lenticels, young parts glandular.
• Leaves : Dark green above, pale below, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous.
• Inflorescence : Axillary cymes.
• Flowers :
  • White, sweet-scented.
  • Calyx small, 5-lobed and 5-ribbed, ciliate.
  • Corolla tubular, lobes 5, very reflexed or recurved.
  • Stamens 5, brown, included.
  • Ovary 2-celled, seated on a disk, style slender, stigma capitate.
• Fruit : Berry globose, many seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : July - October
• Significance : Cultivated in the gardens for its flowers which are sweet scented during day.