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orange cestrum
Cestrum aurantiacum
Cestrum aurantiacum (Orange Cestrum, "orange jessamine", orange-flowering jessamine, and yellow Cestrum; syn. Capraria lanceolata L.f.) is an invasive species native to North and South America. This plant is used as an ornamental plant, and it is a poisonous plant if eaten by animals. It is regarded as medicinal in Peru.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 160361.