Botany
Erect and climbing ornamental smooth shrub, about 2 to 3 meters in height, with long drooping branches. Leaves are oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 8 to 10 cm long, pointed at the tips. Flowers are numerous, slender, yellowish-green, about 2 to 2.3 cm long, borne in lax, axillary and terminal inflorescences, 7 to 10 cm long.

Distribution
Widely cultivated for its sweet-scented flowers that bloom at night.

Properties
Toxic to livestock with poisoning symptoms of tachycardia, fever, oliguria, and slowing of respiratory rate; in extreme cases, convulsions and coma. Toxicity more likely to be found in dry plants.

Parts used and preparation
Leaves.
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Uses
Folkloric
Extract of the plant used as antispasmodic and treatment of epilepsy.
Studies
• Flavonol glycosides and steroidal saponins from the leaves of Cestrum nocturnum and their cytotoxicity: The study isolated two new flavonoid glycosides and seven steroidal saponins. The study reports cytotoxic activities of the compounds against human oral squamous cell carcinoma.
• Effects of cestrum nocturnum n-butyl alcohol extract on contractile characteristics of right atrium: The extract study showed a two-fold regulation on contraction of right atrium in isolated guinea pig.

Availability
Wild-crafted.