Cestrum elegans Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cestrum elegans (Brongn.) Schltdl.

Purple cestrum

Cestrum elegans is a tree that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~5 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Cestrum
Family:	Solanaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat the leaf or stem of this plant.

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Cestrum purpureum

Information about Cestrum elegans from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CEEL4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/28/2025).