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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Cestrum nocturnum L.
Nightflowering jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum
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Family: Solanaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Mexico and Central America; widely cultivated and naturalized.

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Possibly Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized and perhaps not well established in the Florida Keys. A specime at FLAS needs to be examined.

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Cestrum nocturnum has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Cestrum nocturnum
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