Solanaceae
Purple cestrum
Cestrum elegans
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Cestrum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- سيستروم ايليجانس
- arz
- سيستروم ايليجانس
- Bangla
- লাল হাসনুহানা
- Chinese
- 毛茎夜香树, 毛莖夜香樹, 瓶子花, 黄丁香, 红丁香
- English
- Purple cestrum, Bastard jasmine, Crimson cestrum, Elegant poison-berry, Red cestrum
- German
- Mexikanischer Hammerstrauch
- Polish
- Pieczennik wytworny
- Swedish
- Röd nattjasmin
Synonyms
- Cestrum benghalense Kalidass & Mallia
- Cestrum elegans var. elegans
- Cestrum elegans var. longiflorum Francey
- Cestrum elegans var. totutla Dunal
- Cestrum elegans var. truncata Fernald
- Cestrum nutans hort. ex Francey
- Cestrum paniculatum (M.Martens & Galeotti) Schltdl.
- Cestrum purpureum (Lindl.) Standl.
- Cestrum rubrum hort. ex Francey
- Cestrum smithii (hort.) Biswas
- Cestrum sylvaticum Dunal
- Habrothamnus elegans Brongn. ex Neumann
- Habrothamnus paniculatus M.Martens & Galeotti
- Habrothamnus purpureus Lindl.
- Meyenia purpurea (Lindl.) Heynh.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to December (from 96 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lisa Williams from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 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.