Yellow Oleander
Cascabela thevetia
Also known as Bestill tree
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About Yellow Oleander
Cascabela thevetia (syn. Thevetia peruviana) is a species of poisonous plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native throughout Mexico and Central America and cultivated widely as an ornamental. It is a relative of Nerium oleander and thus is known by the common name yellow oleander.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cascabela thevetia
- Genus
- Cascabela
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Naturalized in tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Peeli kaner पीली कनेर, कनेर (पीली), पीला कनेर
- Nepali
- पहेँलो करवीर
- Bengali
- কলকে, কলকে ফুল
- Tamil
- மஞ்சள் அரளி
- Telugu
- పచ్చ గన్నేరు
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡುಕಾಸಿಕಣಗಲು Kaadukaasi Kanagalu, ಕಾಡು ಕಣಿಗಿಲೆ
- Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞരളി
- Marathi
- बिट्टी / पिवळी कण्हेर
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Yellow Oleander belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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