Taxon:
Mirabilis jalapa L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:177. 1753
Verified:
03/12/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
beauty-of-the-night – false jalap – four-o'clock – marvel-of-Peru – Afrikaans
vieruurtjie – Arabic
sheb al-leil – French
belle-de-nuit – Italian
bella di notte – Japanese Rōmaji
oshiroi-bana – Spanish
buenas tardes – Swedish
underblomma – Transcribed Chinese
zi mo li –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. |
6 | Other | | | | | possible origin Mexico |
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Other
(possible origin Mexico)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 |
Environmental | ornamental | | FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ |
Environmental | ornamental | fide Sida 16:643. 1995 | Le Duc, A. 1995. A revision of Mirabilis section Mirabilis (Nyctaginaceae). Sida 16:638. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). URL: http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_26.html |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | fide Sida 16:641. 1995 | Le Duc, A. 1995. A revision of Mirabilis section Mirabilis (Nyctaginaceae). Sida 16:638. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary |