Nyctanthes

Nyctanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to southeastern Asia. It is currently accepted as containing two species; other species previously included in this genus have been transferred to other genera, most of them to Jasminum.[1][2][3]

Nyctanthes
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Tribe: Myxopyreae
Genus: Nyctanthes
L.
Type species
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis
Synonyms[1]
  • Pariaticu Adans.
  • Scabrita L.
  • Parilium Gaertn.
  • Omolocarpus Neck.
  • Bruschia Bertol.

They are shrubs or small trees growing to 10 m tall, with flaky bark. The leaves are opposite, simple. The flowers are produced in small clusters of two to seven together. The fruit is a two-parted capsule, with a single seed in each part.[2][4][5] The name Nyctanthes means "night flowering".

Species
  1. Nyctanthes aculeata Craib – Thailand
  2. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. - (Night-flowering jasmine or "sad tree") native to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Java, Sri Lanka and Sumatra.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site: Nyctanthes
  3. Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.
  4. Flora of Pakistan: Nyctanthes
  5. AgroForestry Tree Database: Nyctanthes Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  • A Nyctanthes trunk from India
  • A Nyctanthes leaf from India
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