If you find yourself enjoying a warm summer’s night, and you are greeted by the most intoxicating sweet scent…this is a likely culprit!
The Night-Blooming Jasmine’s (Cestrum nocturnum) flowers are not showy, nor do they have to be, as they are night-blooming, with a scent that can travel between 300-500 ft!
Night Blooming Jasmine’s flower up to four times a year with bats and moths as the primary pollinators.
It is a subtropical plant, originally from the West Indies and now widely grown in gardens around the world, due to its magical scent. Its intoxicating scent is often associated with love and sensuality.
They grow up to 10-12 feet and can be trained or cut back to control growth, but they have the potential to also become an invasive plant in tropical and subtropical zones.
The plant cuttings also are easy to propagate, as they will root easily in moist soil. They are not only nice to have in the garden, but they are thought to make good insect repellents, most probably due to their attraction to their pollinators of moths and bats that feed on mosquitos and small insects.
Night-Blooming Jasmines are known in some cultures to have psychoactive effects, and there is concern for toxicity.
It is the leaves and berries that have the potential to produce hallucinations. Even though the composition of the scent is not well understood, for some the scent is claimed to be able to induce in them a psychoactive state.
Scientific investigation has found Night Blooming Jasmine to exhibit interesting activities, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antidiabetic, and neuroprotective.
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*This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of such advice or treatment from a personal physician.