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Cestrum elegans

(Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl. (1847)

This name is accepted

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

pink cestrum, purple cestrum, red cestrum

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Description

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Birds

Vegetative Reproduction

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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Linnaea 19: 261 (1847)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cestrum elegans Ranger Cabin, Volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Preserved_Specimen Fls. brilliant dark red. Fr. a berry very dark red-purple. 2 m tall weak stemmed bush with arching branches Iltis, H.H. 155 Hawaii BISH 1967-06-22
2 Cestrum elegans Koloa District; National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley. Pump 6 area, nursery Preserved_Specimen Shrub 60 cm, young foliage purple-tinged, leaves dark green above, lustrous, paler beneath. Calyx purple, corolla purple-magenta, odorless (9 am). Lorence, D.H. 7644 Kauai BISH 1995-03-23
3 Cestrum elegans Hawaii National Park, Kilauea, Park residence No. 1 Preserved_Specimen Shrub 3 ft. tall; fls. bright red Fagerlund, G.O. 600 Hawaii BISH 1943-06-01
4 Cestrum elegans Honolulu, Kamehameha Girls' School Preserved_Specimen Flowers crimson Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1937-12-27
5 Cestrum elegans Puhonua Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Hawaii BISH 1930-02-15
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