Day Jasmin
Day Jasmin
Scientific name: Cestrum diurnum L.
Local/Bangla name: ‘Diba Jasmine’
Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981)
| Kingdom | :Plantae |
| Division | :Magnoliophyta |
| Class | :Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | :Asterdae |
| Order | :Solanales |
| Family | :Solanaceae |
| Genus | : Cestrum |
| Species | :C. diurnum |
Botanical Description of Day Jasmin
Habit: Perennial shrub
Root: Tap root system
Stem: Medium size, up to 2 m tall, branched glabrous.
Leaf: Oblong-elliptic, membranous, glabrous, shiny, both ends acute
Flower: Pedicelled, very sweet scented by day, hermaphrodite
Calyx: cepal 5,
Corolla: petal 5
Androecium: stamen 5
Gynoecium: Ovary superior
Fruit: berry
Chromosome number: 2n=16