Mirabilis jalapa

Family	Nyctaginaceae
Scientific name	Mirabilis jalapa L.
Synonyms	Admirabilis peruana Nieuwland; Jalapa congesta Moench; Jalapa dichotoma Crantz; Jalapa officinalis Crantz; Jalapa undulata Moench; Mirabilis ambigua Trautvetter; Mirabilis dichotoma L.; Mirabilis divaricata Lowe; Mirabilis jalapa L. var. ambigua (Trautvetter) Choisy; Mirabilis jalapa L. var. odorata (L.) Heimerl; Mirabilis jalapa L. var. lindheimeri (Standley) Cory; Mirabilis jalapa L. var. planiflora (Trautvetter) Choisy; Mirabilis jalapa L. var. procera (Bertoloni) Choisy; Mirabilis jalapa L. subsp. ciliata Standley; Mirabilis jalapa L. subsp. lindheimeri Standley; Mirabilis lindheimeri (Standley) Shinners; Mirabilis odorata L.; Mirabilis pedunculata Stokes; Mirabilis planiflora Trautvetter; Mirabilis procera Bertoloni; Nyctago hortensis Dumont de Courset; Nyctago jalapa (L.) de Candolle; Nyctago mirabilis J. Saint-Hilaire; Nyctago versicolor Salisbury; Trimista levigata Rafinesque
Common name	(Japanese common name) oshiroi-bana [face powder flower]
	(English common name) beauty of the night, false jalap, four o'clock, marvel of Peru
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) [native] Mexico
Chromosomal number	2n=58
Description	Plants 100cm. Leaves 3-10cm length. Flowers yellow, red, pink or white, flowering in August to December. Perennial plants.
Reference	Mirabilis jalapa L.
	Mirabilis jalapa Linnaeus var. jalapa
	Mirabilis jalapa L.
	Biocidal proteins (US Patent 5482928/1996)
	Cosmetic or dermo-phaemacedual compositions containing four o'clock (Mirabilis jalapa) plant extracts (WIPO Patent WO/2002/047653)
Note	Naturalized plants (introduced in 1600th)

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