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'''''Nyctanthes''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Oleaceae]], native to southeastern [[Asia]]. It is currently accepted as containing two species; other species previously included in this genus have been transferred to other genera, most of them to ''[[Jasminum]]''.<ref name=oxford>University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site: [http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/fraxigen/fraxinus/oleaceae/nyctanthes.html ''Nyctanthes'']</ref>
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They are [[shrub]]s or small [[tree]]s growing to 10 m tall, with flaky bark. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple. The [[flower]]s are produced in small clusters of two to seven together. The [[fruit]] is a two-parted [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]], with a single seed in each part.<ref name=oxford/><ref name=fop>Flora of Pakistan: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=122518 ''Nyctanthes'']</ref><ref name=wafc>AgroForestry Tree Database: [http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=18063 ''Nyctanthes'']</ref>
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Nyctanthes (night flower: blooms toward night and fls. fall at morning). Oleaceae,, One species, a small tree or shrub of India but now spontaneous in some other countries, sometimes planted in warm regions or grown under glass for its numerous white very fragrant flowers.
 
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* ''[[Nyctanthes arbor-tristis]]''  - ([[Night-flowering Jasmine]] or "Sad Tree") is the most well-known species, and is also the type species of the genus. The name ''Nyctanthes'' means "night flowering".
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 22 February 2010


Nyctanthes arbor-tristis


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Nyctanthes >

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Nyctanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to southeastern Asia. It is currently accepted as containing two species; other species previously included in this genus have been transferred to other genera, most of them to Jasminum.[1]

They are shrubs or small trees growing to 10 m tall, with flaky bark. The leaves are opposite, simple. The flowers are produced in small clusters of two to seven together. The fruit is a two-parted capsule, with a single seed in each part.[1][2][3]


Read about Nyctanthes in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Nyctanthes (night flower: blooms toward night and fls. fall at morning). Oleaceae,, One species, a small tree or shrub of India but now spontaneous in some other countries, sometimes planted in warm regions or grown under glass for its numerous white very fragrant flowers.

The species is N. Arbor-tristis, Linn., literally the "tree of sadness" because it blooms only at night; it is also known as the "night jasmine.” Nyctanthes is much like Jasminum and some of the early names belong under that genus; it differs in its capsular fr. Lvs. opposite, ovate, cordate, short-stalked, entire or dentate, scabrous: branches 4-angled: fls. few in a sessile involucrate cluster or head, which are disposed in dichotomous cymes; corolla whitish, the tube orange, salverform, the lobes 4-8; stamens (anthers) 2. nearly sessile near the top of the tube; ovary 2-cclled, the style short and stigma 2-Iobed: caps, roundish, ¾ in. long, with one erect seed in each of the 2 colls. B.M. 4900. B.R. 399.—It is an interesting plant, but little grown in our territory; blooms in summer; prop, by firm cuttings in sand with bottom heat. Reaches 30 ft. in India.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Gallery

  • A Nyctanthes trunk from India

  • A Nyctanthes leaf from India

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site: Nyctanthes
  2. ↑ Flora of Pakistan: Nyctanthes
  3. ↑ AgroForestry Tree Database: Nyctanthes

External links


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