Orange cestrum

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Cestrum aurantiacum

Orange cestrum, a reference photo
Photo: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Cestrum aurantiacum (orange cestrum, "orange jessamine", orange-flowering jessamine, and yellow cestrum; syn. Capraria lanceolata L.f.) is a species of shrub in the potato family Solanaceae that is native to tropical regions of North and South America.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Orange cestrum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Cestrum
Species
Cestrum aurantiacum

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