Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

 
  • 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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