Mazhar Botanic Garden

Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl

red cestrum bastard jasmine

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Cestrum
Species: elegans
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000492
English name: Red cestrum, bastard jasmine
Arabic name: سسترم احمر
Native: Southern Mexico
Country: Mexico
(PGR): Common

Evergreen shrub or scrambling climbers to 18-3 m leaves elliptic in shape, with a pointed and flowers red to violet tubular, form in terminal clusters

cuttings of half-ripe shoots in summer

ornamental plant.

Cestrum elegans  var elegans

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Texture: Sandy loam
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Meduim
Propagation: Cuttings of half-ripe shoots in summer
Flowering time: Spring and summer
Zone: 8 : 11
pH range: 6.5 to 7.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid

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