Solanaceae
Day jessamine
Cestrum diurnum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Cestrum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Bangla
- বন হাসনুহানা, Bon Hasnuhana
- Chinese
- 日香木, 白夜丁香, 白花夜香树
- English
- Day jessamine, Wild jasmine, Day Blooming Jasmine/King of the Day
- Spanish
- Dama de día, Galán de día, Jazmín de día, Rufiana
- Swedish
- Vit juvelbuske
- Tamil
- செசுட்ரம் டைர்னம்
- Thai
- ทิวาราตรี
- Tongan
- Vaitohi
Synonyms
- Cestrum album Ferrero ex Dunal
- Cestrum diurnum var. diurnum
- Cestrum diurnum var. fastigiatum (Jacq.) Stehlé
- Cestrum diurnum var. marcianum Proctor
- Cestrum diurnum var. portoricense O.E.Schulz
- Cestrum fastigiatum Jacq.
- Cestrum fastigiatum Jan
- Cestrum forsythi Dunal
- Cestrum pedunculatum Sessé & Moc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vishal soni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gopal hegde, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ravi suman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alejandro Rodriguez-Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: DanIsa xd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.