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Cestrum

Common Name(s):

Phonetic Spelling
SES-trum
This plant has low severity poison characteristics.
See below
Description

Sprawling evergreen shrubs; leaves alternate, simple, smooth-margined; flowers tubular, greenish-white, greenish yellow, or cream, aromatic during day or night; fruit a small, purple or white berry

Found in: Houseplant or interiorscape; landscape in flower garden cultivated as herbaceous annual or perennial

See this plant in the following landscapes:
Juniper Level Botanic Gardens: Souto Sun Garden
Cultivars / Varieties:
Tags:
#poisonous#children's garden#playground plant
 
Form
Form Stan Shebs CC BY-SA 3.0
Flowers and leaves
Flowers and leaves Lalithamba CC BY 2.0
Flowers
Flowers Penarc CC BY-SA 3.0
Fruit
Fruit Vinayaraj CC BY-SA 4.0
Fruit
Fruit J.M.Garg CC BY 3.0
Branch
Branch Forest and Kim Starr CC BY 3.0
Cestrum parqui form, spring, Davidson County, NC
Cestrum parqui form, spring, Davidson County, NC Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Cestrum parqui flowers, spring, Davidson County, NC
Cestrum parqui flowers, spring, Davidson County, NC Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
June in bloom
June in Bloom Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Bloom
Bloom Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Cestrum - parqui flowers - Wake Co., NC - JLBG
Cestrum - parqui flowers - Wake Co., NC - JLBG Cathy DeWitt CC BY 4.0
Cultivars / Varieties:
Tags:
#poisonous#children's garden#playground plant
  • Attributes:
    Genus:
    Cestrum
    Family:
    Solanaceae
    Life Cycle:
    Perennial
    Woody
    Country Or Region Of Origin:
    Florida to Tropical America
    Edibility:
    Fruit
    Dimensions:
    Height: 2 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.
    Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 7 ft. 0 in.
  • Whole Plant Traits:
    Plant Type:
    Annual
    Edible
    Perennial
    Poisonous
    Shrub
    Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
    Broadleaf Evergreen
  • Cultural Conditions:
    Soil Drainage:
    Good Drainage
    USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
    2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4b, 4a, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8b, 8a
  • Fruit:
    Fruit Color:
    Purple/Lavender
    Red/Burgundy
    White
    Fruit Value To Gardener:
    Edible
    Display/Harvest Time:
    Fall
    Fruit Type:
    Berry
    Fruit Description:
    fruit a small, purple or white berry in September
  • Flowers:
    Flower Color:
    Cream/Tan
    Gold/Yellow
    Green
    Pink
    White
    Flower Value To Gardener:
    Fragrant
    Flower Description:
    flowers tubular, greenish-white, greenish yellow, or cream, aromatic during day or night
  • Leaves:
    Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
    Broadleaf Evergreen
    Leaf Color:
    Green
    Leaf Type:
    Simple
    Leaf Arrangement:
    Alternate
    Leaf Margin:
    Entire
    Hairs Present:
    No
    Leaf Description:
    leaves alternate, simple, smooth-margined
  • Stem:
    Stem Is Aromatic:
    No
  • Landscape:
    Landscape Location:
    Houseplants
    Landscape Theme:
    Children's Garden
    Problems:
    Poisonous to Humans
  • Poisonous to Humans:
    Poison Severity:
    Low
    Poison Symptoms:
    TOXIC ONLY IF LARGE QUANTITIES EATEN. Headache, dizziness, hallucinations, nausea, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, muscular spasms and nervousness, high temperature, salivation and sweating, paralysis and coma.
    Poison Toxic Principle:
    Solanine-type glyco-alkaloids and atropine-like alkaloids
    Causes Contact Dermatitis:
    No
    Poison Part:
    Fruits