Night Jasmine
Night Jasmine
Scientific name: Cestrum nocturnum L.
Local/Bangla name: ‘Hasna -hena’
Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981)
| Kingdom | :Plantae |
| Division | :Magnoliophyta |
| Class | :Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | :Asterdae |
| Order | :Solanales |
| Family | :Solanaceae |
| Genus | : Cestrum |
| Species | :C. nocturnum |
Botanical Description
Habit: Profusely branched shrub
Root: Tap root system
Stem: Medium size, up to 2.7 m tall, branched glabrous.
Leaf: Elliptic, entire
Flower: tubular, greenish-white, night blooming
Calyx: cepal 5,
Corolla: petal 5
Androecium: stamen 5
Gynoecium: Ovary superior, two locular, stigma capitate.
Fruit: berry
Chromosome number: 2n=16