- Family : APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Basionym : Cerbera thevetia L.
- Synonym(s) : Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum.; Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex Steud
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
- Common name : Yellow Oleander, Bestill tree
- Vernacular name :
- Peeta karaveera (Sanskrit)
- Pila kaner (Hindi)
- Arali, Thangarali, Ponnarali, Thiruvaachipoo (Tamil)
- Pacha gannoru, Patchalari (Telugu)
- Koniyari, Konyarphul, Holidia kannari, Pila kaner (Oria)
- Haladi kanageli gida, Karaveera (Kannada)
- Manja-arali, Mathaarali, Pachchaarali (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Planted
- Comments / notes : Occasional on plains to 1400m, in wasteland. Mostly grown as live fence. Seed poisonous
- Key identification features : Large shrub or a small tree; Leaves in whorls; Flowers yellow; Fruit small, flat seeds.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Bengaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 161
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cascabela thevetia. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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