• Family : SOLANACEAE
  (Nightshade Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SOLANACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cestrum nocturnum L.
• Common name : Night Jessamine, Queen of the night, Lady of the night
• Vernacular name : Rat-ki-rani (Hindi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Comments / notes : Planted in gardens. Flowers bloom at night and are strongly sweet-scented.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
• Collection Date : 23-11-2018
• Collection Nos : HJCB-1727
• Collection Locality : Paudikkadu, Theni district, Tamil Nadu
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Cultivated
  • Karnataka : Cultivated
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Cultivated. Also escaped from cultivation
• Native : West Indies
• World Distribution : Cultivated in most parts of the world.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Herbarium specimen from Paudikkadu, Theni district, Tamil Nadu
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cestrum nocturnum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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