Common name
English: Lucky Nut, Yellow Oleander
German: Gelber Oleander, Tropischer Oleander
Mandarin: 黄花夹竹桃 (huang hua jia zhu tao)
Portuguese: Chapéu-de-Napoleão
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Gentianales (113)
Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)
Genus: Cascabela (1)
Epithet: thevetia (L.) Lippold (1)
Synonyms: Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf., Cerbera linearifolia Stokes, Cerbera peruviana Pers., Cerbera thevetia L.
linearifolia => narrow linear parallel-sided leaves
peruviana => of Peruvian origin
thevetia => in honor of André de Thevet (1516- 1590), French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to Brazil
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Cascabela thevetia at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [380] Thevetia peruviana - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [1509] Thevetia peruviana - Flora of China @ efloras.org