Cestrum is a genus of between 150-250 species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, from the southernmost United States (Florida, Texas; C. diurnum) south to central Chile (Bío-Bío Region; C. parqui).
Green Cestrum Solanaceae United States Department of Agriculture Cestrum chimborazinum Manduca afflicta Cestrum fasciculatum Weberbauerocereus Greta oto Karl Friedrich Reiche Cestrum nocturnum Jessamine Cestrum aurantiacum Nightblooming cereus José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo Miers Curt Backeberg Schott Asterids Species Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal Biobío Region Flowering plant Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius Jasmine Asteridae Carl Linnaeus Entheogen Solanales Toxicity Gastroenteritis Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants Predation Tropics Divination Caterpillar Temperate Shamanism Invasive species Ornamental plant Evergreen
