Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cestrum nocturnum L. [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dama de noche	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
galan de noche	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
lady of the night	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lady-of-the-night	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mirch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalliravu nayaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
night blooming jasmine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
night cestrum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
night jasmin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
night jasmine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
night jessamine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
night-flowering cestrum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
night-jessamine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
night-scented jessamine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
palo hediondo	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
poison berry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queen of the night	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
raathri raani hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rat ki rani	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
rat-ki-rani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rat-rani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rerani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sedap malam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sundal malam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vit nattjasmin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, Flower		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cestrum graciliflorum Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 669 (1852).
Cestrum leucocarpum Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 630 (1852).
Cestrum multiflorum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 553 (1819).
Cestrum nocturnum var. mexicanum O.E.Schulz in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 6: 256 (1910).
Cestrum propinquum M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(1): 147 (1845).
Cestrum scandens Thibaud ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 631 (1852).
Cestrum spicatum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Cestrum suberosum Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 26 (1804).
Chiococca nocturna (L.) Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 16 (1760).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cestrum nocturnum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Cestrum nocturnum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cestrum nocturnum Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Cestrum nocturnum Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Destrum nocturnum	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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