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This article is about the tree known as Night-flowering Jasmine. For other plants known as Jasmine, see Jasmine disambiguation. `Parijat` redirects here. For other uses, see Parijat disambiguation. Night-flowering Jasmine Nyctanthes Arbortristis Scientific classification Kingdom:Plantae unranked:Angiosperms unranked:Eudicots unranked:Asterids Order:Lamiales Family:Oleaceae Genus:Nyctanthes Species:N. arbor-tristis Binomial name Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. Synonyms[1] Bruschia macrocarpa Bertol. Nyctanthes dentata Blume Nyctanthes tristis Salisb. Parilium arbor-tristis L. Gaertn. Scabrita scabra L. Scabrita triflora L. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Night-flowering Jasmine is a species of Nyctanthes, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.[1][2][3][4] Nyctanthes arbor-tristis is a shrub or a small tree growing to 10 m tall, with flaky grey bark. The leaves are opposite, simple, 6–12 cm long and 2–6.5 cm broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are fragrant, with a five- to eight-lobed white corolla with an orange-red centre; they are produced in clusters of two to seven together, with individual flowers opening at dusk and finishing at dawn. The fruit is a flat brown heart-shaped to round capsule 2 cm diameter, with two sections each containing a single seed