✿Solanaceae · Cestrum
Din Ka Raja / Day Jessamine
Cestrum diurnum
ShrubMedicinal
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cestrum diurnum
- Genus
- Cestrum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- West Indies
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most parts of the world
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The leaves are simple, glabrous, entire, alternate, ex-stipulate, ovate-lanceolate in shape with obtuse apex and obtusely wedge-shaped below.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“The leaves are simple, glabrous, entire, alternate, ex-stipulate, ovate-lanceolate in shape with obtuse apex and obtusely wedge-shaped below.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are simple, glabrous, entire, alternate, ex-stipulate, ovate-lanceolate in shape with obtuse apex and obtusely wedge-shaped below.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- EntirerecordedA smooth, unbroken edge with no teeth or notches.“The leaves are simple, glabrous, entire, alternate, ex-stipulate, ovate-lanceolate in shape with obtuse apex and obtusely wedge-shaped below.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The leaves are simple, glabrous, entire, alternate, ex-stipulate, ovate-lanceolate in shape with obtuse apex and obtusely wedge-shaped below.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Din Ka Raja itself; the rest are typical of the Solanaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“Cestrum diurnum has a black, nearly globular berry.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Din Ka Raja itself; the rest are typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- दिन का राजा Din Ka Raja
- Bengali
- বন হাসনুহানা
- Tamil
- செசுட்ரம் டைர்னம்
About Din Ka Raja
Day Jessamine (Cestrum diurnum) belongs to the Solanaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and 9 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Din Ka Raja belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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