Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

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Thevetia neriifolia, Juss. ex Steud.; D.C., Prod., viii, 43.
Asuncion (642). April-May.
A shrub or small tree, 3-7 m. high, with milky juice and long,
linear, glabrous, coriaceous leaves. The flowers are large and
showy, bright yellow, on filiform, drooping peduncles. The twin
ovaries become in fruit perfectly united so as to form a 2 or 4-celled
triangular drupe, containing a thick, hard pulp or aril. This is
suspended on a long, slender, drooping stalk, soon dropping off.
It is sometimes cultivated along the borders of walks in gardens,
where it makes a pretty object. It is the ** Gerbera Thevetia” of
Parodi’s catalogue, named by him “San Francisco de los Uagas.”
Thevetia peruviana IFersJK. Schum.
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HERBARIO NACIONAL DE MÉXICO, MEXU.
INSTITUTO Di BIOLOGÍA, UNAM.
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
L. Alvarado Cárdenas 2003
PLANTS OK SOUTH AMERICA.
Collected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890.
Central Paraguay. v
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