''Nyctanthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to southeastern Asia. It is currently accepted as containing two species; other species previously included in this genus have been transferred to other genera, most of them to '' Jasminum''.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site

/ref>Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200. They are

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s or small trees growing to 10 m tall, with flaky bark. The

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

are opposite, simple. The flowers are produced in small clusters of two to seven together. The fruit is a two-parted capsule, with a single seed in each part.Flora of Pakistan
''Nyctanthes''
/ref>AgroForestry Tree Database
''Nyctanthes''
The name ''Nyctanthes'' means "night flowering". ;Species # ''

Nyctanthes aculeata ''Nyctanthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to southeastern Asia. It is currently accepted as containing two species; other species previously included in this genus have been transferred to other genera, most of ...

'' Craib – Thailand # '' Nyctanthes arbor-tristis'' L. - (

Night-flowering jasmine ''Nyctanthes arbor-tristis'', also known as the Night-flowering jasmine or Parijat (Parvati chi phula), is a species of ''Nyctanthes'' native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.Flora of Pakistan''Nyctanthes arbor-tristis''/ref>AgroForestry Tre ...

or "sad tree") native to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Java,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

References

Image:Trunk_of_the_Parijat_plant_(Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis),_Kolkata,_India_-_20070130.jpg , A ''Nyctanthes'' trunk from India Image:Underside_of_a_leaf_of_the_Parijat_plant_(Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis),_Kolkata,_India_-_20070130.jpg , A ''Nyctanthes'' leaf from India {{Taxonbar, from=Q3308219 Myxopyreae Oleaceae genera