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7420.000 Cestrum L.

Description of the genus

Unarmed shrubs. Leaves simple and entire, alternate. Flowers in axillary or terminal clusters. Calyx 5(-6)-toothed, not enlarging in fruit. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped (in ours) with 5(-6) reflexed lobes, c.1/4 as along as tube. Stamens arising at base of corolla tube. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a berry.

Worldwide: 175 species in tropical America

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Cestrum:

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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Cestrum
Flora of Mozambique: Cestrum
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Cestrum
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Cestrum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cestrum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cestrum

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cestrum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cestrum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cestrum
Wikipedia: Cestrum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cestrum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cestrum
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2023). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Cestrum.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1253, retrieved 31 March 2023

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