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(Last Modified On 5/15/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/15/2013)
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Species
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Cestrum reflexum Sendt.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mart., Fl. Bras. 10: 218. 1846.
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Note
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TYPE: Bolivia, d'Orbigny 659 (not seen)
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Synonym
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Cestrum floribundum Britt., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 92. 1896, non Willd. ex R. & S., Syst. Veg. 4: 807. 1819. SYNTYPES: Bolivia, Bang 1200, 1470 (both NY).
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Description
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Shrub or woody vine to 2 m; twigs slender, puberulent in longitudinal lines. Leaves to 14 cm long, ovate, apically acute, basally rounded or obtuse, 7-12 on each side, puberulent along the veins on both sides and beneath with scattered short hairs on the lamina; drying with a grey-brown cast; petioles 1-1.5 cm long, puberulent; minor leaves mostly wanting. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, a long-stalked, many-flowered open panicle, the peduncles to 10 cm long, puberulent, more so near the apex, bracts to 1 cm long, oblong, scattered but larger, broader and more numerous on terminal inflorescences; flowers sessile in the axils of short stalked bracteoles, the bracteoles 1-2 mm long or sometimes foliose and ovate and reaching 10 mm long, puberulent. Flowers conspicuous, the calyx 3-4 mm long, tubular, puberulent outside, the lobes short-deltoid, tomentose out- side and pubescent near the apex within, becoming 5-7 mm long in fruit; corolla greenish white, the tube 20-25 mm long, slender, expanded slightly near the apex, glabrous inside and out; stamens subequal, the filaments 1 Tmm free, straight, edentate, glabrous; style pubescent near the apex, the stigma included. Fruit ovoid, glistening black, 9-12 mm long.
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Habit
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Shrub or woody vine
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Note
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This species is superficially a close match for C. scandens. The greyish-brown rather than green or yellowish cast to the leaves when dried, the sessile flowers, puberulent veins and peduncles, accrescent calyx, glabrous corolla tube, longer separation of filaments from the corolla tube and the shape of the bracteoles are all useful characters. Cestrum reflexum is a plant of the lowlands, ranging from Brazil and Ecuador to Costa Rica. It is not reported for Venezuela or for the Windward Islands. In Panama most collections are from Bocas del Toro but it has also been found in Darien.
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Distribution
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lowlands, ranging from Brazil and Ecuador to Costa Rica.
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Common
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Wild jasmine
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Common vine or trailer, Carleton 100 (US). Region of Almirante, research grounds, Cooper 90 (NY), 151 (US). Lower Changuinola, Stork 60-1/2 (US). Lower Changuinola, common along railway tracks, Stork 280 (US). Vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, Water Valley, vine, flowers green, von Wedel 1537, 1657, 1712 (all GH, MO, US). DARIEN: Trail between Cana and Boca de Cupe, Cana, Rio -San Jose below former goldmine head- quarters, Stem et al. 637 (GH, MO, US). Boca de Cupe, Villiams 676 (NY).
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