Solanaceae
Alternateleaf jessamine
Cestrum alternifolium
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Cestrum
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Cestrum alternifoliumSolanaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Alternateleaf jessamine, Green cestrum
Synonyms
- Cestrum alternifolium var. alternifolium
- Cestrum alternifolium var. mitanthum O.E.Schulz
- Cestrum alternifolium var. pendulinum (Jacq.) O.E.Schulz
- Cestrum amelanchier Dunal
- Cestrum aronioideum St.-Lag.
- Cestrum confertum Mill.
- Cestrum depauperatum Dunal
- Cestrum dubium Steud.
- Cestrum foetidum Medik.
- Cestrum frutescens Aubl.
- Cestrum jamaicense Lam.
- Cestrum jasminiflorum Moric. ex Dunal
- Cestrum pendulinum Jacq.
- Cestrum peruvianum Hort.Roth. ex Dunal
- Cestrum racemosum Tausch
- Cestrum requieni Dunal
- Cestrum vespertinum Bertero ex Dunal
- Cestrum vespertinum L.
- Cestrum vespertinum Roem. & Schult.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.