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Cestrum elegans

Botanic Family

Solanaceae

Author

(Brongniart ex Neumann) Schlechtendal

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Hardiness Zone

Min5C

Common Names

• Mao jing ye xiang shu (Pinyin)
• Flor de Colmena (Mexico)

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Roadside

Flowering Times

• May (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Evergreen pubescent scandent shrub to 3m with hairy branches. Leaves to 100mm long. Terminal or axillary panicles of 25mm red-purple flowers. Fruit 20mm diameter red-purple.

Cultivated as an ornamental

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• FOC
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• Exotica