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Coral jasmine
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Coral jasmine

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishCoral jasmine
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese夜花茉莉
Scientific nameNyctanthes arbor-tristis L.

About this species

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis is a species of Nyctanthes native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is commonly known as night-blooming jasmine, tree of sadness, tree of sorrow, hengra bubar, coral jasmine, as seri gading in Singapore and as shiuli in the Bengal region. Despite its common name, the species is not a "true jasmine" and not of the genus Jasminum.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyOleaceae
GenusNyctanthes

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
2006First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para1
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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