Habit: Shrub/small tree
Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum.
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📚 Overview
Description
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Shrub
Field Tips
Milky latex present. Leaves shiny, linear-tapering.
Flower
In axillary and terminal cymes, yellow. Flowering throughout the year.
Fruit
A drupe, broadly turbinate, slightly compressed laterally. Seeds flattened, without coma. Fruiting throughout the year.
Leaf Apices
Acute
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf Bases
Cuneate
Leaf Shapes
Lanceolate
Leaf Types
Simple
Habit
A large evergreen shrub.
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Cultivated, Native of Tropical America
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Common in wastelands. Plains from the coast to 1400m, Native of tropical Peru, widely naturalized.
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Description
Karnataka: Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Gentianales |
Family | Apocynaceae |
Genus | Cascabela |
Species | Cascabela thevetia (L.) H. Lippold |
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