chainfruit vs Orange cestrum

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Orange cestrum
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Solanaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Cestrum
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Cestrum aurantiacum

Evolutionary Relationship

chainfruit and Orange cestrum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Orange cestrum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.