Solanaceae is derived from the Greek language meaning a plant of uncertain definition[citation needed].

[6] Henri Guillaume Galeotti first collected the plant at Lake Chapala, Mexico in 1837.

Downy, pendulous, hairy shoots carry simple, alternate oblong leaves with pointed tips.

[8] Leaves bear funnel-shaped bright purplish-red (almost blood red) flowers with 5 pointed lobes.

Immature stems are densely covered with purplish hairs that become woody as maturity is reached.

Can be found in the tropics of the Americas, ranging from Florida to central Chile and some parts of Britain.

Propagate by cuttings of half-ripe shoots in summer and root with slight bottom heat.

Enjoys half-sun, half-shaded areas and will require pruning to encourage growth and strength.

C. elegans is most likely to invade disturbed and open forest edges, streamsides, shrublands, and dry gullies.

Cestrum elegans was found to contain telomeres with repeat motif TTTTTTAGGG.

This shift is thought to have happened through the separation of Cestrum, Sessea, and Vestia genera.