Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Tarija

• County/Municipio

  Gran Chaco Prov.

• Locality

  vic. central Villa Montes

• Elevation

  Alt. 385 m. (1263 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -21.2656, -63.4758

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Apoeynaceae Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum.
det. M. Nee, 2005
Depto. Tarija, Prov. Gran Chaco, vie. central Villa
Montes. Formerly chaco forest.
21°15.94’S, 63°28.55’W. alt. 385 m.
Small street trees, 10-15 cm. in diameter, 3-4 m. tall, often
with a somewhat tortuous stem and rounded crown, a very
suitable and ornamental street tree. Sap milky. Corolla
yellow. Fruit green. Common in Villa Montes, but most of
the trees have been attacked by a caterpillar which forms
small nets around groups of leaves, hangs from silk threads
in the morning, leaves dark frass on the ground, and has
seriously damaged or entirely killed all the leaves on some
plants. This species collected again in Villa Montes on 9
Feb. 2006 under no. Nee & Linneo 53994’, at this time the
plants were completely leafed out, very healthy looking,
flowering and being visited by hummingbirds.
Coll.: M. Nee 53205
29 May 2005
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