Solanaceae
Chilean jessamine
Cestrum parqui
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Cestrum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 大夜香樹, 大夜丁香, 大夜香树
- English
- Chilean jessamine
- German
- C. parqui, Chilenischer Hammerstrauch, Palqui
- Persian
- گل محبوبه شب
- Quechua
- Anrreswaylla, Andres waylla
- Spanish
- Duraznillo negro, Palqui
- Swedish
- Grön nattjasmin
Synonyms
- Cestrum adelbertii Bakh.f.
- Cestrum bonariense Dunal
- Cestrum brasiliense Larrañaga
- Cestrum campestre Griseb.
- Cestrum cyanodontum Rusby
- Cestrum foetidissimum Jacq.
- Cestrum glaucescens Sendtn.
- Cestrum heterophyllum Kuntze
- Cestrum jamaicense var. parqui Lam.
- Cestrum luteoflorum Rojas
- Cestrum mandonii Rusby
- Cestrum parqui f. heterophyllum Kuntze
- Cestrum parqui var. glabriusculum Kuntze
- Cestrum parqui var. longiflorum Francey
- Cestrum parqui var. macrocalyx Francey
- Cestrum parqui var. oranense Scolnik
- Cestrum parqui var. parqui
- Cestrum parqui var. poeppigii Dunal
- Cestrum parqui var. tomentistipes Kuntze
- Cestrum plicatum Francey
- Cestrum psittacinum Stapf
- Cestrum salicifolium Kunth ex Spreng.
- Cestrum salicifolium Hort.Monsp. ex Dunal
- Cestrum salicifolium var. salicifolium
- Cestrum spurium Hort.Geneve ex Dunal
- Cestrum virgatum Ruiz & Pav.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to June (from 981 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, 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.