Cestrum parqui seed

LATIN NAME: Cestrum parqui

COMMON NAME: Willow-Leaf Jessamine

The willow-leaf jessamine is a handsome, upright, bushy, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub of the warm regions, and its fine, narrow, willow-like leaves and its many small, tubular, pale-yellow or greenish flowers, followed by the small, round, glossy, dark berries, have made it a remarkable and increasingly known plant of the warm regions. It grows as an upright, bushy, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub, reaching up to three metres or more, with the upright, branching stems bearing the alternate, narrow, willow-like leaves and, through the summer and the autumn, the many small, tubular, pale-yellow or greenish, strongly scented flowers in the dense clusters, followed by the small, round, glossy, dark berries. It is a species of the flowering shrub in the nightshade family, and it is native to the warm regions of the South America, while it grows in the warm, sunny places, and it is known as the willow-leaf jessamine.

The willow-leaf jessamine belongs to the nightshade family, Solanaceae, and it is a species of the upright, bushy, evergreen shrub, native to the warm regions of the South America, while it grows in the warm, sunny places, and it is known as the willow-leaf jessamine. It is prized for its many small, tubular, pale-yellow, scented flowers.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The willow-leaf jessamine has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the chemistry of the natural products and the toxicology, since all the parts of the willow-leaf jessamine contain the potent alkaloid compounds, and researchers have examined the plant and its constituents with the greatest care, while the study of the potent alkaloids has drawn attention in the international pharmaceutical and toxicological press, and the plant is of continuing interest to the science. The plant has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the warm regions of the South America, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the wild have been examined, while the ecology of the warm-region shrubs has been of continuing interest, and its fine, narrow, willow-like leaves have been of interest to the botanists. The species has also been studied in the horticulture, since it is a fine, bushy, scented shrub of the warm garden, and researchers have examined its growth and its cultivation, while the growing of the jessamine in the warm garden has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a scented shrub that is kept out of the way of children and pets. For a plant of such great power, the willow-leaf jessamine has a rich and continuing record of study.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Ecologically, the willow-leaf jessamine is a generous shrub of the garden. Its many small, tubular, scented flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its fine, bushy, leafy growth gives a fine cover and a shelter to the small birds and the wildlife.

Its economic value is real. The willow-leaf jessamine is prized for the great interest of its chemistry in the research, and its value has drawn attention in the international pharmaceutical and toxicological press, while its fine, bushy, scented form has also made it a remarkable shrub of the warm garden. All the parts of the plant are potent and are never to be eaten or made into any home remedy. For a grower, the willow-leaf jessamine is a remarkable and rewarding shrub, and for a gardener of the warm regions it brings a scented, willow-leaved, yellow-flowered shrub to the garden. The seeds are easy to start — sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them gently watered, and they’ll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a scented, willow-leaved, yellow-flowered shrub.

Semi-evergreen shrub with showy clusters of yellow green tubular flowers. Fast growing and will tolerate short spells of frost with minimal damage to the foliage.

All parts of these plants are poisonous as they are nightshade relatives.

Grow in a loam based compost when growing in a pot or humus rich moist but well drained soil in the ground. Full sun outside but shaded from full midday summer sun under glass.