Solanaceae
Night jessamine
Cestrum nocturnum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Cestrum
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- مسك الليل, ياسمين الليل
- arz
- مسك الليل
- Bangla
- হাসনাহেনা, হাসনুহানা
- Burmese
- ညမွှေးပန်း
- Cantonese
- 洋素馨
- Chinese
- 夜来香, 夜香木, 夜香樹, 夜香树, 洋素馨, 鹿脂, 夜丁香, 夜光花
- dty
- हसना फूल
- English
- Night jessamine, Lady of the night, Night cestrum, Night-blooming cestrum, Night-blooming jasmine
- Filipino
- Dama de noche
- French
- Galant de nuit, Jasmin de nuit
- German
- Nachtjasmin
- Hebrew
- מלכת הלילה, צסטרום לילי
- Hindi
- रातरानी, रात की रानी
- Indonesian
- Arum dalu
- Japanese
- ヤコウボク, ヤコウカ, 夜香木, 夜香花
- Kannada
- ರಾತ್ರಿರಾಣಿ
- Konkani
- रातराणी
- lah
- رات دی رانی
- mad
- Kembhâng ghâmbhir
- Malayalam
- നിശാറാണി
- Manipuri
- ꯊꯥꯕꯜꯂꯩ
- Marathi
- रातराणी
- Nepali
- हसना फूल
- Odia
- ହେନା ଫୁଲ
- Persian
- محبوبهشب, محبوبه شب
- Portuguese
- Jasmim-da-noite
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇႁွမ်လိုၵ်း
- Spanish
- Dama de noche
- Swedish
- Vit nattjasmin
- Tamil
- செசுட்ரம் நோக்டர்னம்
- Telugu
- రాత్రి రాణి, నైట్ క్వీన్, సెస్ట్రమ్ నాక్టర్నమ్
- Thai
- ราตรี
- Tongan
- Laukaupoʻuli
- Urdu
- رات کی رانی
- Vietnamese
- Dạ lý hương
Synonyms
- Cestrum hirtellum Schltdl.
- Cestrum leucocarpum Dunal
- Cestrum multiflorum Roem. & Schult.
- Cestrum nocturnum var. mexicanum O.E.Schulz
- Cestrum nocturnum var. nocturnum
- Cestrum polyanthum Sendtn.
- Cestrum polyanthum Sendtn.
- Cestrum propinquum M.Martens & Galeotti
- Cestrum scandens Thibaud ex Dunal
- Cestrum scandens var. scandens
- Cestrum spicatum Mill.
- Cestrum suberosum Jacq.
- Cestrum viride Moric. ex Dunal
- Chiococca nocturna (L.) Jacq.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to May (from 95 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
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
FlowerPhoto: nick_goldwater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Riley Pollom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Will Cornwell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cary Bass, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: War Weeds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alesha Teitzel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.