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Cestrum - genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs

asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

family Solanaceae, potato family, Solanaceae - large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra

Cestrum diurnum, day jessamine - West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day

Cestrum nocturnum, night jasmine, night jessamine - West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night

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El Cestrum parqui (CP), tambien conocido con los nombres comunes de "palque", "palqui", "cestrum verde" o "yellow cestrum", pertenece a la familia Solanaceae (Figura 1).

Intoxicacion por Cestrum parqui ("duraznillo negro") en bovinos. Confirmacion por analisis micrografico del contenido ruminal

No formulario 1, foram realizadas perguntas sobre as plantas conhecidas como toxicas na regiao Centro-Oeste (Brachiaria spp., Enterolobium contortisiliquum, Lantana camara, Palicourea marcgravii, Mascagnia publifora, Vernonia molissima, Vernonia rubricaulis, Cestrum laevigatum, Polygala klotzschii, Senna occidentalis, Dimorphandra mollis, Pteridium aquilinum, Solanum malacoxylon, Stryphnodendrum fissuratum, Stryphnodendrum obovatum, Brachiaria radicans, Manihot esculenta, Sorghum vulgare) (TOKARNIA et al., 2000).

Toxic plants for ruminants in Southwestern Goias, Brazil/Plantas toxicas para ruminantes do Sudoeste de Goias

Propagacao de Cestrum corymbosum por sementes e estaquia.

Propagation of three varieties of star fruit by herbaceous cutting/Propagacao de variedades de caramboleira por estaquia herbacea

The larvicidal activity of Cestrum diurnum leaf (chloroform: methanol:: 1:1) was also reported against all instar larvae of Cx.

The potentiality of botanicals and their products as an alternative to chemical insecticides to sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae): a review

(2011) Antimicrobial activities of the whole plant of Cestrum nocturnum against pathogenic microorganisms.

The biological performance of Crataegus songarica against certain infectious fungal and bacterial diseases

Kazi, "Structure and development of the pericarps of Cestrum diurnum and Cestrum nocturnum," Phytomorphology, vol.

Fruit morphology as taxonomic features in five varieties of Capsicum annuum L. Solanaceae

IS-LB AR Simaroubaceae Ailanthus altisima (Mill.) Swingle IS-LB-HT AR Scrofulariaceae Verbascum virgatum Stoke IS-LB H Solanaceae Cestrum corymbosum Schltdl.

Flora vascular de humedales permanentes y transitorios bonaerenses (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Other tender plants such as cordylines, Pittosporum tobira and cestrum, callistemon and Clerodendrum bungei may need wrapping, by framing the plant with a wigwam of bamboo canes and then packing the base of the plant with straw and wrapping the cane frame with horticultural fleece.

Get ready for a frosty reception; Don't wait until the first frosts arrive before you give your tender plants some protection, says Hannah Stephenson

El grupo 3 esta integrado por especies perennes y arbustivas, que representan una fraccion importante de las especies zoocoras como Phytolaca iccosandra, Solanum cervantesii, Cestrum anagyris y Fuchsia thymifolia, las cuales presentan frutos carnosos.

Seed rain and seed bank as natural regeneration facilitators in a temperate forest in Mexico City/Lluvia y banco de semillas como facilitadores de la regeneracion natural en un bosque templado de la ciudad de Mexico/Chuva e banco de sementes como facilitadores da regeneracao natural em uma floresta temperada da cidade do Mexico