7420.000 Cestrum L.

Ntore, S. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2020) Solanaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique

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

Rwanda: 0 cultivated taxa.

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cestrum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cestrum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cestrum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cestrum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cestrum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cestrum
JSTOR Plant Science: Cestrum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cestrum
Plants of the World Online: Cestrum
Tropicos: Cestrum
Wikipedia: Cestrum

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