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Cascabela thevetia

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Lippold

Common Names

• Lucky Beans
• Lucky Seeds

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Coastal shrubland
• hedges
• thickets

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Erect or lianoid glabrous shrub or tree to 10m. Coriaceous glabrous leaves to 150mm x 13mm. Terminal or lateral inflorescence of orange or pinkish-yellow flowers, calyx lobes to 7mm x 2mm, corolla tube to 40mm x 15mm with lobes to 45mm long, very sweetly scented. Fruit a bright red drupe 50mm wide.

Animal fodder, environmental, fuel, food, material, medicine, poison, social

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• Kew
• FOPE
• SAFIO
• Standley
• UPFC