night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae β€ΊPhylum: Tracheophyta β€ΊClass: Magnoliopsida β€ΊOrder: Solanales β€ΊFamily: Solanaceae β€ΊGenus: Cestrum

About

Cestrum nocturnum (common names include night-blooming jasmine, night-blooming cestrum, and raatrani), is a species of Cestrum in the plant family Solanaceae (the potato family). It is native to the West Indies, but naturalized in South Asia .