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Cestrum diurnum

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Cestrum

Chinese inkberry, day cestrum, day jessamine, mākāhala [makahala]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs up to 2 m tall, sparsely pubescent with minute simple hairs, later glabrate.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades oblong, usually 5–11 cm long, 2–4.5 cm wide. Apex acute. Base broadly cuneate. Margins entire. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in axillary, long–pedunculate, spicate tacemes. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx tubular, 5 lobed. Corolla strongly sweet–scented by day, white, tubular, slender, the lobes rounded, reflexed. Anthers included; filaments inserted on corolla tube. Ovary superior, 2-celled, on a small disk, glabrous; style 1, erect; stigma capitate, at about the same level as anthers.

Fruit: Berries black; succulent; globose; 8–10 mm in diameter.

Ploidy: 2n = 16

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 191 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1254 (K, O, Mo); Staples & Herbst 2005:533 (KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cestrum diurnum Haena In open Pandanus grove. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 11008 Kauai BISH 1931-01-03
2 Cestrum diurnum University of Hawaii Rock Garden. Preserved_Specimen Tanaka, Y. Oahu BISH 1929-12-09
3 Cestrum diurnum Kalalau Valley. In gully above cliff in NE upper valley. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3254 Kauai BISH 1990-08-18
4 Cestrum diurnum Haena open Pandanus grove Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 11008 Kauai BISH 1931-01-03
5 Cestrum diurnum Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, University of Hawaii Press, 2840 Kolowalu partial shade Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 1517 Oahu BISH 1985-10-15
6 Cestrum diurnum Halawa Along trail in abandoned taro patches. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 12671 Molokai BISH 1932-12-27
7 Cestrum diurnum Honolulu; 770 Kinau Street, near Alapai Preserved_Specimen Tallman, V. 1482 Oahu BISH 1928-11-25
8 Cestrum diurnum University of Hawaii Campus; Dean Hall Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. 273 Oahu BISH 1956-01-16
9 Cestrum diurnum Dowsett Highlands Preserved_Specimen Mitchell, D.D. Oahu BISH 1946-09-30
10 Cestrum diurnum Nuuanu Valley Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 959 Oahu BISH 1909-01-05
11 Cestrum diurnum Honolulu; Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. Oahu BISH 1962-04-07
12 Cestrum diurnum Poki Street Preserved_Specimen Rothwell, T. Oahu BISH 1931-12-15
13 Cestrum diurnum Honolulu, 1930 Ualakaa St., residence of G.P.Wilder Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1931-03-07
14 Cestrum diurnum Near corner of University Avenue & Date Street Preserved_Specimen Kelly, M. Oahu BISH 1961-12-01
15 Cestrum diurnum La Pietra, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 27 Oahu BISH 1929-08-09
16 Cestrum diurnum Nuuanu Valley Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 960 Oahu BISH 1909-01-05
17 Cestrum diurnum East end of island Preserved_Specimen S.N. Molokai BISH 1961-04-11
18 Cestrum diurnum South Kona district, at the Amy B.H.Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, back yard of the manager's residence Preserved_Specimen Staples, G.W. 621 Hawaii BISH 1990-05-19
19 Cestrum diurnum Limahuli Valley; PTBG, along road to Haas house Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 805 Kauai BISH 1984-03-16
20 Cestrum diurnum Liliha Street, in vacant lot Preserved_Specimen Suehiro, A. Oahu BISH
21 Cestrum diurnum Kalihi Valley Preserved_Specimen Korte, K.H. Oahu BISH 1954-05-05
22 Cestrum diurnum Honolulu; Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. Oahu BISH 1962-04-30
23 Cestrum diurnum Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Thompson 1267 Oahu BISH 1923-11-01
24 Cestrum diurnum East Maui, Huelo, residential area Side of rd. Associated vegetation: Java plum, rose apple. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 12064 Maui BISH 2000-12-06
25 Cestrum diurnum Haena State Park Along the road, near beach. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1978-06-15
26 Cestrum diurnum Kam Campus Landscape planting. Preserved_Specimen Brown, F.B.H. 1872 Oahu BISH 1934-11-01
27 Cestrum diurnum Keopukaloa In Lantana thicket, bottom of gulch. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 12741 Molokai BISH 1932-12-27
28 Cestrum diurnum Haena In open Pandanus grove. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 11008 Kauai BISH 1931-01-03
29 Cestrum diurnum Haena Near road & possibly garden. Preserved_Specimen Earle, E. 37 Kauai BISH 1972-06-26
30 Cestrum diurnum Haena Along road, sandy soil w/other introduced trees. Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 868 Kauai BISH 1927-02-25
31 Cestrum diurnum Hanalei Dist.; along N bank of Hanalei River, W of hanalei Bridge River bank, with Leucaena leucocephala, Hibiscus tiliaceus & naturalized grasses. Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 7748 Kauai BISH 1996-02-04
32 Cestrum diurnum Haena State Park Along the road, near beach. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1978-06-15
33 Cestrum diurnum Moakea, vicenty of Brant Field Found growing along fenceline at edge of pasture. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 110714 Molokai BISH 2007-11-07
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