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Cestrum diurnum (day flowering jassamine; day cestrum; inkberry; day jasmine; day jessamine; tentanchinu; thauthau; tintan china)

Wikipedia Abstract

Cestrum diurnum (Din Ka Raja) is a species of Cestrum, native to the West Indies. Common names include Day-blooming Cestrum, Day-blooming Jessamine, and Day-blooming Jasmine. Also known as Din ka Raja (King of the day), in Urdu and Hindi. The scent of this quick-growing and evergreen woody shrub, often used for screens and borders, is released by day. Cestrum diurnum is easily propagated from the seed, which it produces in abundance.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Howardia biclavis (mining scale)[3]
Lacinipolia parvula[4]
Manduca afflicta[4]
Phenacoccus madeirensis (Mexican mealybug)[3]
Phenacoccus parvus[3]
Phenacoccus solenopsis (solenopsis mealybug)[3]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[3]
Rachiplusia ou (Gray Looper Moth)[4]
Saissetia coffeae (brown scale)[3]

Distribution

Caribbean; North America; Oceania;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., 15-Mar-2000, ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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