| Botanical Name | Cestrum diurnum |
| Family | Solanaceae |
| Genus | Cestrum |
| Specie | diurnum |
| Local Name in Urdu | دن کا راجہ |
| Common Name | Day Jessamine |
| Life Cycle | Tropicals and Tender Perennials |
| Fragrant or Not | yes |
| Category(Bush/Vine/Tree) | Shrubs |
| Height | 6-8 ft. |
| Spacing | 4-6 ft |
| Flowering Months | Late Spring/ Summer Mid Summer |
| Flower Color | White/Near White |
| Growing Areas | All Pakistan |
| Frost Tender | yes |
| Exposure | sun to partial shade |
| Soil pH | tolerant |
| Propagation | hardwood cuttings,air layring |
| Uses | fragrant plant |
| Other Details | Evergreen shrub to 2 m (6.5 ft) tall, with multiple trunks, often densely branched and branches arching. Leaves alternate, simple, short petioled (1.2 cm); blades smooth, leathery, entire, shiny green, oval to oblong, 5-11 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide. Flowers fragrant in daytime, creamy white, trumpet-shaped,in several-flowered, stalked clusters at upper leaf axils; corolla tube to 1.8 cm long, with tiny petal lobes curled back. Fruit an oval berry, to 7 mm long, green ripening through violet to shiny blue-black, with 4-14 seeds.—Day jasmine has long been planted as an ornamental for its pleasing appearance, moderate size, ease of establishment, and fragrant flowers. The plant has the drawback of being poisonous to livestock. |
