Cestrum nocturnum

• Botanical Name : Cestrum nocturnum L.
• Common Name : Raat-ni-Rani, Night-blooming Jasmine
• Plant Family : Solanaceae
• Plant Form : Shrub
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 6, 15
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra

About Cestrum nocturnum Plant :

• Habit : A small scandent shrub, branches yellowish with lenticels.
• Leaves : Ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous.
• Inflorescence : Axillary or terminal cymes
• Flowers :
  • Individual flowers are supported by a bract.
  • Calyx small, bellshaped.
  • Corolla salver shaped or tubular, yellowish-green, very sweet-smelling at night, lobes 5, margins incurved.
  • Stamens 5, filaments with linear appendages at the base.
  • Ovary 2-celled, seated on a disk, style slender, stigma capitate, above the stamens.
• Fruit : Berry white, ovoid, many seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : July-November      
• Significance : Cultivated in the gardens for its small, greenish flowers which are very sweet scented at night.