EPPO Global Database

Cestrum parqui(CEMPA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CEMPA
  • Preferred name: Cestrum parqui
  • Authority: (Lamarck) L'Héritier

Notes

South America (from Bolivia southwards). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Mediterranean region, Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, Bangladesh, eastern Africa, Australia, New Zealand


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cestrum salicifolium Dunal

Common names
Name Language
Chilean cestrum English (AU)
green cestrum English
willow-leaf jessamine English
gelber Hammerstrauch German
chusco Spanish
dama de noche Spanish
duraznillo negro Spanish (UY)
galán de noche Spanish
hiedondilla Spanish (AR)
palque Spanish (AR)
palqui Spanish (CL)
palquí Spanish
parqui Spanish (CL)
cestro Italian
erba cappona Italian
gelsomino del cile Italian
parquí Portuguese
цеструм чилийский Russian