Spanish: Palqui.
English: Green cestrum; Willow-leaved jessamine; Green poisonberry.
Subgenus: Pseudocestrum.
Region: Chile; invasive in Australia.
Culture: hazard to livestock.
Content: toxic alkaloids.
Use: medicinal; leaves in shamanic healing ceremonies, abhorrent to the demons leaving the patient in vomit.
BotanyFast-growing, straggling, woody, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub with one or more fragile green stems.
Leaves: alternate, light green; unpleasant rubber-like smell when crushed.
Inflorescence: terminal sprays of flowers.
Flowers: small, fragrant, tubular, yellow-green; 2.5 cm long; late spring to autumn.
Fruit: small, black, egg-shaped berries; from summer to autumn.
Dispersion: by birds; by water.