Kissing the Brunfelsia, Good-bye。輕語: 「昨天.. 今天.. 明天..」吻別 _ Embrasser Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow‧Manacá de Cheiro‧Brunfelsia L. 1753

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Brunfelsia Plum. ex. L. 1753

P.S.: Plum. for Charles Plumier (20 Apr. 1646- 20 Nov. 1704), French botanist, Franciscan monk and a pupil of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 Jun. 1656- 28 Dec. 1708 _botaniste français ), who named the genus Plumeria Tourn. ex L. ( Frangipani ).

Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl) D. Don 1829 syn.
Brunfelsia hopeana syn. Brunfelsia mutabilis

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow/ Morning, Noon and Night/ Kiss-me-quick/
Manaca Rain Tree/ Manacá-de-cheiro/ Romeu e Julieta/
五彩茉莉/ 變色茉莉/ (番)蕃茉莉/ バンマツリ/
昨天今天明天 _ ( 台灣於1910年自新加坡引進 )

Brunfelsia, named for early German herbalist Otto Brunfels ( 1488- 23 Dec. 1534 「德國植物學之父」), whom Carl von Linné ( 1707- 1778) listed among the "Fathers of Botany".



Brunfelsia uniflora aka "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" flowers from early spring to late autumn in subtropics, especially in the springtime. The flower opens in the morning and keeps fragrant all day, including days and nights, smelling exactly like Jasmine ( Jasminum officinale, not Jasminum sambac ). As vivid violet color fades to pure white over a period of three days, a single flower can exist for almost a week long and releases fragrance continuously somehow. On the last day, the smell of the flower disappeared; and it falling to the ground the next morning if was't fertilized.
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Brunfelsia pauciflora syn. Brunfelsia calycina syn. Franciscea eximia
Brunfelsia pauciflora 'Macrantha' (probably) syn. Brunfelsia grandiflora.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 77, 1851. Volume 80, 1854 by William Jackson Hooker (1785- 1865) Brunfelsia latifolia syn. Franciscea latifolia
Brunfelsia hydrangeiformis syn. Franciscea hydrangeiformis
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 68, 1842
Brunfelsia brasiliensis syn. Franciscea confertifolia
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 71, 1845. Johannes Emanuel Pohl: Plantarum Brasiliae icones. Vindobonae, 1826-1833

Brunfelsia uniflora syn. Franciscea uniflora
Brunfelsia jamaicensis
Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl: ''Plantarum Brasiliae''Vol.1, 1827. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 73, 1847

Brunfelsia americana L. 1753/ Lady of the Night/
The type species of Brunfelsia.
The common name comes from the fact that it's most fragrant at night. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 11, 1797
Brunfelsia nitida, Endemic to Cuba. (below)

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Another Brunfelsia bud accompanied a leaf of Corymbia citriodora, masquerading in a skull mask,
kissing "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow";
kissing another day, Goodbye.

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