Dama de noche
Cestrum nocturnum Linn.
NIGHT BLOOMING CESTRUM

Other scientific names  Common names
Cestrum parqui Usteri Dama de noche (Tag., Span.)
  Huele de noche (Span.)
  Galan de noche (Span.)
  Night blooming cestrum (Engl.)

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.

Availability
Wild-crafted.