Din Ka Raja / Day Jessamine
Cestrum diurnum
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Din Ka Raja
Identify Din Ka Raja by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana and nearby regions.
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.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Din Ka Raja belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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