English: Mexican orange blossom; Mexican orange.
Region: Mexico.
Habitat: drought tolerant; prefers well drained soils.
Content: quinoline alkaloids, ternanthranin, a volatile simple anthranilate, pain-killing effects in mice.
Use: ornamental; severely damaged by temperatures lower than −15 °C.
BotanyEvergreen shrub; 3 m tall.
Leaves: trifoliate; aromatic.
Flowers: white; scented; blooming in spring, sometimes limited in autumn.
TaxonomyMany cultivars: Sundance, Aztec
Pearl.