EPPO Global Database

Cestrum elegans(CEMEL)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CEMEL
  • Preferred name: Cestrum elegans
  • Authority: (Neumann) Schlechtendal

Notes

Mexico. Cultivated as a ornamental. Introduced in Himalayas, Sri Lanka, China, Indochina, Malesia, central Africa, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cestrum elegans var. longiflorum Francey
Cestrum elegans var. totutla Dunal
Cestrum elegans var. truncata Fernald
Cestrum nutans Francey
Cestrum purpureum (Lindley) Standley
Cestrum rubrum Francey
Habrothamnus elegans Brongniart

Common names
Name Language
purple cestrum English
red cestrum English
roter Hammerstrauch German
cestrum élégant French
cestro Spanish
coralito Spanish
galán rojo Spanish
jesamina Spanish
palquis Spanish
cestro-púrpura Portuguese
galã-da-noite Portuguese
máo jīng yè xiāng shù Chinese
毛茎夜香树 Chinese