야래향-[정명] Cestrum nocturnum L.

야래향

과명	Solanaceae (가지과)	속명	Cestrum (야래향속)
전체학명	[정명] Cestrum nocturnum L.	추천명	야래항
이명		외국명	Lady of the night; Night jessamine

 

잎은 호생하고 긴타원상 난형 또는 긴타원형이다. 끝이 뾰족하고 두께는 얇고 부드러우며 선명한 녹색이다. 길이가 10-20cm, 폭은 3.7cm로 양면은 다소 광택이 있다. 밤에만 향기를 풍기고 이튿날 꽃은 그대로 있어도 향기는 안 난다. 액생하는 밀산방화서로 연녹백색 또는 크림색이다. 길이 2cm정도 되는 원통상의 꽃을 피운다. 높이 1-3.5m정도 자라는 상록관목이다. 가지는 가늘고 비스듬히 직상한다. 처음에는 녹색이었다가 후에는 연갈색으로 변하고, 전주에는 털이 없다. 작은 타원상 난형이고 흰색이다. http://k.daum.net/qna/view.html?qid=3RCJI&aid=3RCdO

Cestrum nocturnum is a species of Cestrum in the plant family Solanaceae (the potato family). The species is native to the West Indies and South asia . Common names include Raatraani (Marathi : रातराणी), night-blooming cestrum, Hasna Hena, lady of the night, queen of the night, night-blooming jessamine and night-blooming jasmine. The plant was discovered by Ragbhir Singh Ubhi, in the late 1800s on a hike through a West-Indies Forest, as he noticed the sweet aroma of the plant.

Description It is an evergreen woody shrub growing to 4 metres (13 ft) tall. The leaves are simple, narrow lanceolate, 6–20 centimetres (2.4–7.9 in) long and 2–4.5 centimetres (0.79–1.8 in) broad, smooth and glossy, with an entire margin. The flowers are greenish-white, with a slender tubular corolla 2–2.5 centimetres (0.79–0.98 in) long with five acute lobes, 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in) diameter when open at night, and are produced in cymose inflorescences . A powerful, sweet perfume is released at night. The fruit is a berry 10 millimetres (0.39 in) long by 5 millimetres (0.20 in) diameter, the colour of an aubergine . There is also a variety with yellowish flowers. There are mixed reports regarding the toxicity of foliage and fruit.

 

 

Cultivation C. nocturnum is grown in subtropical regions as an ornamental plant for its flowers that are heavily perfumed at night. It grows best in average to moist soil that is light and sandy, with a neutral pH of 6.6 to 7.5, and is hardy to hardiness zone 8. C. nocturnum can be fertilized biweekly with a weak dilution of seaweed and fish emulsion fertilizer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raat-ki-Rani

'nocturnum'은 '야간'이라는 뜻으로 한자명으로 '夜香花'라고도 불리는데 이는 밤에만 향기를 풍기는 꽃이라는 뜻이다.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

향이 좋았다.

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