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North America distribution zone

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Thevetia ahouai (L.) A.DC.

Apocynaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela)

SC SE

hel?

dr fd fr pl (living fences post) tx

Ahouai nitida (Kunth) Pichon Cerbera ahouai L. Cerbera nitida Kunth Plumieriopsis ahouai (L.) Rusby & Woodson Thevetia nitida (Kunth) A.DC.

ahouai thevetia; dog balls, dog's tongue, grand father's balls (Belize)

thévétie ahouai

chilca (Nicaragua); cocheton, cogotone (Belize); cojón de costa (El Salvador); cojon de gato (Panama); cojón de mico, cojotón (Belize); higuerita (Honduras); huevo de chuchu (Belize); huevo de gato, huevo de tigre (Panama); juavo de chucha (Belize); lavaperro (Panama)

chi-chi-yák, chi-chi-y k, tsu-pèi, tsu-púi, tze-puà, tze-pui (maya, Belize)

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Latin name	Thevetia ahouai (L.) A.DC.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N M South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	hel?
Use	dr fd fr pl (living fences post) tx
Synonym	Ahouai nitida (Kunth) Pichon Cerbera ahouai L. Cerbera nitida Kunth Plumieriopsis ahouai (L.) Rusby & Woodson Thevetia nitida (Kunth) A.DC.
English name	ahouai thevetia; dog balls, dog's tongue, grand father's balls (Belize)
French name	thévétie ahouai
Spanish name	chilca (Nicaragua); cocheton, cogotone (Belize); cojón de costa (El Salvador); cojon de gato (Panama); cojón de mico, cojotón (Belize); higuerita (Honduras); huevo de chuchu (Belize); huevo de gato, huevo de tigre (Panama); juavo de chucha (Belize); lavaperro (Panama)
Other name	chi-chi-yák, chi-chi-y k, tsu-pèi, tsu-púi, tze-puà, tze-pui (maya, Belize)
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