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|genus=Nyctanthes
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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>
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.
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.
==Varieties==
==Species==
*''[[Nyctanthes aculeata]]'' Craib –
*''[[Nyctanthes arbor-tristis]]'' L. (syn. ''N. dentata'' Blume)
* ''[[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".
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Trunk I IMG 2248.jpg |A ''Nyctanthes'' trunk from [[India]]
Image:Leaf at back I IMG 2252.jpg |A ''Nyctanthes'' leaf from India
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