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Cestrum nocturnum L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
191
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Cestrum nocturnum L.
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Cestrum nocturnum

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nocturnum

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Cestrum nocturnum L.

Shrub, generally 1.5-2.5 m high, almost glabrous. Petiole c. 1 cm long. Lamina 5-15 × 1.5-6 cm, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, glabrous or with minute puberulence when young; base cuneate to rounded, sometimes asymmetric; apex abruptly acuminate. Panicle open, large; fls usually shortly pedicellate, sometimes subsessile, fragrant nocturnally. Calyx 2-3 mm long; lobes > 1 mm long, ± triangular, densely ciliolate, acute. Corolla 1.5-2 cm long, pale green or greenish white; tube cylindric to narrow-funnelform, widening slightly above; lobes 3 mm long, eventually spreading, glabrous except for shortly villous margins. Fr. c. 0.5-1 cm diam., globose to ellipsoid, white, glossy.

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Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.

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Cestrum nocturnum L.
China
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cook Islands
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Cestrum nocturnum L.
French Polynesia
Cestrum nocturnum L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Cestrum nocturnum L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Niue
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Tonga
Cestrum nocturnum L.
United Kingdom

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210f8a33-4902-4221-80a8-707a40f50bc2
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 December 2023
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