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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]

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

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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

Specimens

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Bibliography

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

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1254 (K, O, Mo); Staples & Herbst 2005:528, 533 (KEY), 533 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cestrum diurnum L. hanalei district, along n bank of hanalei river, w of hanalei bridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence & m. lorence 7748 Kauai US 2/4/1996
2 Cestrum diurnum L. near end of road overlooking Halawa Valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 7414 Molokai US 5/4/2028
3 Cestrum diurnum L. Halawa, along trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H.; Baker, R. J.; Coulter, J. W.; Fosberg, F. R. 12671 Molokai US 12/27/1932
4 Cestrum diurnum L. near end of road overlooking halawa valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 7414 Oahu US 5/4/1928
5 Cestrum diurnum L. Eastern end PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hitchcock, A. S. 15077 Molokai US 10/9/2016
6 Cestrum diurnum L. 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 2/4/1996
7 Cestrum diurnum L. Haena State Park Along the road, near beach. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Corn, C. Collector Number: s.n. Kauai BISH 6/15/1978
8 Cestrum diurnum L. Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, University of Hawaii Press, 2840 Kolowalu partial shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 1517 Oahu BISH 10/15/1985
9 Cestrum diurnum L. hanalei dist.; along n bank of hanalei river, w of hanalei bridge mixed with fern and hepatics. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. lorence, m.n. collector number: 7748 Hawaii BISH 2/4/1996
10 Cestrum diurnum L. Kam Campus Landscape planting. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Brown, F.B.H. 1872 Oahu BISH 11/1/1934
11 Cestrum diurnum L. Haena State Park Along the road, near beach. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Corn, C. s.n. Kauai BISH 6/15/1978
12 Cestrum diurnum L. KAUAI: *Kalalau Valley, north side and east of Keanapuka Falls, *Dicranopteris-Diplopterigium matting fern ridge with occasional Santalum freycinetianum, Kadua affinis, Coprosma waimeae, Metrosideros polymorpha, Dodonaea viscosa, Dianella sandwicensis, Pteridium decompositum, Scaevola procera, Xylosma hawaiiense, Psychotria mariniana, Ilex anomala, Bobea elatior, Pouteria sandwicensis, Syzygium sandwichensis, associates becoming more abundant in adjacent drainages with rich fern understory of Cibotium nealiae, Nephrolepis exaltata var. hawaiiense, Diplazium sandwicense, Sphenomeris chinensis, Doodia kunthiana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12472 Kauai PTBG 7/30/2007
13 Cestrum diurnum L. haena state park Along the road, near beach. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN corn, c. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 6/15/1978
14 Cestrum diurnum L. nuuanu valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 959 Oahu BISH 1/5/1909
15 Cestrum diurnum L. Near corner of University Avenue & Date Street PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kelly, M. s.n. Oahu BISH 12/1/1961
16 Cestrum diurnum L. Honolulu; 770 Kinau Street, near Alapai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tallman, V. (Brown) 1482 Oahu BISH 11/25/1928
17 Cestrum diurnum L. University of Hawaii Campus; Dean Hall PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Woolford, H.A. 273 Oahu BISH 1/16/1956
18 Cestrum diurnum L. Limahuli Valley; PTBG, along road to Haas house PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 805 Kauai BISH 3/16/1984
19 Cestrum diurnum L. Hanalei District, along N bank of Hanalei River, W of Hanalei Bridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Lorence, M. 7748 Kauai US 2/4/1996
20 Cestrum diurnum L. South Kona district, at the Amy B.H.Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, back yard of the manager's residence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 621 Hawaii BISH 5/19/1990
21 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener & k. park 9943 Oahu US 8/4/1935
22 Cestrum diurnum L. Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Thompson (Brown) 1267 Oahu BISH 11/1/1923
23 Cestrum diurnum L. Liliha Street, in vacant lot PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Suehiro, A. s.n. Oahu BISH
24 Cestrum diurnum L. University of Hawaii Rock Garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tanaka, Y. s.n. Oahu BISH 12/9/1929
25 Cestrum diurnum L. Keopukaloa In Lantana thicket, bottom of gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 12741 Molokai BISH 12/27/1932
26 Cestrum diurnum L. Nuuanu Valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 960 Oahu BISH 1/5/1909
27 Cestrum diurnum L. university of hawaii Rock Garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tanaka, y. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 12/9/1929
28 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu; manoa valley; university of hawaii manoa campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN krajina, v.j. Oahu BISH 4/7/1962
29 Cestrum diurnum L. halawa Along trail in abandoned taro patches. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. et al. collector number: 12671 Molokai BISH 12/27/1932
30 Cestrum diurnum L. Haena In open Pandanus grove. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 11008 Kauai BISH 1/3/1931
31 Cestrum diurnum L. La Pietra, Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, A. 27 Oahu BISH 8/9/1929
32 Cestrum diurnum L. Kalihi Valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Korte, K.H. s.n. Oahu BISH 5/5/1954
33 Cestrum diurnum L. Dowsett Highlands PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mitchell, D.D. s.n. Oahu BISH 9/30/1946
34 Cestrum diurnum L. Moakea, vicenty of Brant Field Found growing along fenceline at edge of pasture. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H110714 Molokai BISH 11/7/2007
35 Cestrum diurnum L. haena In open Pandanus grove. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. et al. collector number: 11008 Kauai BISH 1/3/1931
36 Cestrum diurnum L. dowsett highlands In rocky places. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mitchell, d.d. collector number: s.n. Maui BISH 9/30/1946
37 Cestrum diurnum L. East Maui, Huelo, residential area Side of rd. Associated vegetation: Java plum, rose apple. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. Martz, K. Collector Number: 001206-4 Maui BISH 12/6/2000
38 Cestrum diurnum L. kalihi valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN korte, k.h. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 5/5/1954
39 Cestrum diurnum L. near corner of university avenue & date street PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kelly, m. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 12/1/1961
40 Cestrum diurnum L. Nuuanu Valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 959 Oahu BISH 1/5/1909
41 Cestrum diurnum L. Haena open Pandanus grove PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 11008 Kauai BISH 1/3/1931
42 Cestrum diurnum L. East end of island PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S.N. s.n. Molokai BISH 4/11/1961
43 Cestrum diurnum L. Poki Street PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rothwell, T. s.n. Oahu BISH 12/15/1931
44 Cestrum diurnum L. Haena Along road, sandy soil w/other introduced trees. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN MacDaniels, L.H. 868 Kauai BISH 2/25/1927
45 Cestrum diurnum L. university of hawaii campus; dean hall PRESERVED_SPECIMEN woolford, h.a. collector number: 273 Oahu BISH 1/16/1956
46 Cestrum diurnum L. moakea, vicenty of brant field Found growing along fenceline at edge of pasture. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: h110714 Molokai BISH 11/7/2007
47 Cestrum diurnum L. Kalalau Valley. In gully above cliff in NE upper valley. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 3254 Kauai BISH 8/18/1990
48 Cestrum diurnum L. Honolulu, 1930 Ualakaa St., residence of G.P.Wilder PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wilder, G.P. s.n. Oahu BISH 3/7/1931
49 Cestrum diurnum L. Haena Near road & possibly garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Earle, E. 37 Kauai BISH 6/26/1972
50 Cestrum diurnum L. haena Along road, sandy soil w/other introduced trees. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN macdaniels, l.h. collector number: 868 Kauai BISH 2/25/1927
51 Cestrum diurnum L. haena open Pandanus grove PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. hosaka, e.y.; hume, e.; et al. collector number: 11008 Kauai BISH 1/3/1931
52 Cestrum diurnum L. la pietra, honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, a. collector number: 27 Oahu BISH 8/9/1929
53 Cestrum diurnum L. Halawa Along trail in abandoned taro patches. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St.John, H. et al. Collector Number: 12671 Molokai BISH 12/27/1932
54 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu; 770 kinau street, near alapai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tallman, v. collector number: (brown) 1482 Oahu BISH 11/25/1928
55 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN thompson collector number: (brown) 1267 Oahu BISH 11/1/1923
56 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu: manoa valley; university of hawaii manoa campus, university of hawaii press, 2840 kolowalu partial shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 1517 Oahu BISH 10/15/1985
57 Cestrum diurnum L. 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. collector number: 621 Hawaii BISH 5/19/1990
58 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu; manoa valley; university of hawaii manoa campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN krajina, v.j. Oahu BISH 4/30/1962
59 Cestrum diurnum L. haena PRESERVED_SPECIMEN earle, e. collector number: 37 Maui BISH 6/26/1972
60 Cestrum diurnum L. Honolulu; Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Krajina, V.J. s.n. Oahu BISH 4/7/1962
61 Cestrum diurnum L. keopukaloa In Lantana thicket, bottom of gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. et al. collector number: 12741 Molokai BISH 12/27/1932
62 Cestrum diurnum L. Halawa Along trail in abandoned taro patches. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 12671 Molokai BISH 12/27/1932
63 Cestrum diurnum L. kam campus Landscape planting. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN brown, f.b.h. collector number: 1872 Oahu BISH 11/1/1934
64 Cestrum diurnum L. nuuanu valley PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 960 Oahu BISH 1/5/1909
65 Cestrum diurnum L. east end of island PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s.n. collector number: s.n. Molokai BISH 4/11/1961
66 Cestrum diurnum L. limahuli valley; ptbg, along road to haas house PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 805 Kauai BISH 3/16/1984
67 Cestrum diurnum L. East Maui, Huelo, residential area Side of rd. Associated vegetation: Java plum, rose apple. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. 001206-4 Maui BISH 12/6/2000
68 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu, 1930 ualakaa st., residence of g.p.wilder PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wilder, g.p. Oahu BISH 3/7/1931
69 Cestrum diurnum L. Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Thompson Collector Number: (Brown) 1267 Oahu BISH 11/1/1923
70 Cestrum diurnum L. east maui, huelo, residential area Side of rd. Associated vegetation: Java plum, rose apple. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN starr, f. martz, k. collector number: 001206-4 Maui BISH 12/6/2000
71 Cestrum diurnum L. liliha street, in vacant lot PRESERVED_SPECIMEN suehiro, a. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH
72 Cestrum diurnum L. poki street abandoned pineapple fields PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rothwell, t. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 12/15/1931
73 Cestrum diurnum L. Along N bank of Hanalei River, W of Hanalei Bridge; river bank with Leucaena leucocephala, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and naturalized grasses. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 7748 Kauai PTBG 2/4/1996
74 Cestrum diurnum L. Limahuli Valley. PTBG. Along road to Haas house. Secondary vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 805 Kauai PTBG 3/16/1984
75 Cestrum diurnum L. Lawai Valley. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Big Valley. Cultivated plants. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 402 Kauai PTBG 5/17/1983
76 Cestrum diurnum L. Found occassionally along road with white eyes attracted to it (for its fruits?). Haena State Park near beach. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Carolyn Corn s.n. Kauai PTBG 6/15/1978
77 Cestrum diurnum L. Captain Coo, Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Botany Dept. sub George Staples 621 Hawaii PTBG 5/19/1990
78 Cestrum diurnum L. Honolulu Dist., Honolulu Watershed For Res, Koolau Mts, Mt Tantalus, Monoa Cliffs Trail, between trailhd and Pauoa Flats Trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lammers, T. G. 8067 Oahu US 5/23/1991
79 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu, oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN otto degener & k.k. park UPS 8/4/1935
80 Cestrum diurnum L. Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O.; Park, K. K. 9943 Oahu US 8/4/1935
81 Cestrum diurnum L. lahilahi PRESERVED_SPECIMEN urbain jean faurie; b.1847; d.1915; faurie 545 US
82 Cestrum diurnum L. honolulu dist., honolulu watershed for res, koolau mts, mt tantalus, monoa cliffs trail, between trailhd and pauoa flats trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. g. lammers 8067 Oahu US 5/23/1991
83 Cestrum diurnum L. halawa, along trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. st. john, r. j. baker, j. w. coulter & f. r. fosberg 12671 Molokai US 12/27/1932
84 Cestrum diurnum L. eastern end PRESERVED_SPECIMEN a. s. hitchcock 15077 Molokai US 10/9/1916
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