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Cultivated for medicine. The sap and seeds are deadly poisonous to domestic animals.
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Flora of China Vol. 16: 164 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Shrubs to 3 m tall. Wood with an offensive smell. Leaf blade narrowly obovate, glabrous adaxially, pubescent abaxially, apex obtuse. Sepals ovate, reflexed, glabrous, apex acute. Corolla tube dilated distally, longer than lobes, closed at mouth, marked with 5 deep grooves; lobes oval, oblique or overlapping, with undulate margin; corona scales absent. Stamens inserted at apex of corolla tube, included. Style filiform; pistil head turbinate, apex 2-cleft. Fl. almost throughout the year.
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Flora of China Vol. 16: 164 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat & Distribution

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S Guangdong [introduced from Brazil].
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Synonym

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Cerbera ahouai Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 208. 1753.
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Flora of China Vol. 16: 164 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Thevetia ahouai

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Thevetia ahouai is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela, and introduced to southeastern China.[3] An evergreen shrub or small tree of forests reaching 3 m (10 ft), it is used as a street tree in Nicaragua and Colombia.[4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "阔叶竹桃 kuo ye zhu tao". Flora of China. efloras.org. 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. (2019). "Thevetia ahouai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T146786564A146786566. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T146786564A146786566.en. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Thevetia ahouai (L.) Vahl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  4. ^ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.
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Thevetia ahouai: Brief Summary

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Thevetia ahouai is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela, and introduced to southeastern China. An evergreen shrub or small tree of forests reaching 3 m (10 ft), it is used as a street tree in Nicaragua and Colombia.

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