Thevetia peruviana

Characteristics
Dicots
APOCYNACEAE
Thevetia
Thevetia peruviana (Pers.)K.Schum.
LUCKYNUT
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This species is also commonly known as Cascabela thevetia, when Cascabela is recognized as a genus distinct from Thevetia. This species contains thevetins, which are toxic cardiac glycosides (Saravanapavananthan & Ganeshamoorthy 1988).
Not Native UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
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GENTIANALES
Thevetia
Thevetia peruviana (Pers.)K.Schum. - LUCKYNUT
Citation
THEVETIA PERUVIANA (Persoon) K. Schumann, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 159. 1895.
Cerbera peruviana Persoon 1805.
PERU: Without data (holotype: Ruiz & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. 2: pl. 153b. 1799).
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Plant Photos
Thevetia peruviana - 302
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Thevetia peruviana - 302
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Thevetia peruviana - 10
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Thevetia peruviana - 20
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Thevetia peruviana - 20
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Thevetia peruviana - 20
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Thevetia peruviana - 20
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Thevetia peruviana - 159
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