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Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum.

Apocynaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Cuba, Puerto Rico) South America (tropics) int MW Africa

SC SE

S[M]

xer

cl dr (boiled leaves and flower tea for tension, sap, bark and fruits bath, seed kernel paste applied as an analgesic for arthritis) dr(ob) fd ma pl ti tx (fruits, plant, roots, seeds)

Cascabala thevetia (L.) Lippold Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf. Cerbera peruviana Pers. Cerbera thevetia L. Thevetia linearis A.DC. Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex A.DC. Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex Steud. Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) Merr. Thevetia thevetia (L.) Millsp.

luckynut thevetia; be-still-tree (Hawaii); cathartic bark (Bahamas); cathartic-bark, exile oil tree; french trumpet-flower (Bahamas); good luck tree (Belize); good-luck-tree (Barbados); luck-seed (West Indies); lucky bean; lucky nut (Puerto Rico); lucky nuts, lucky seed; lucky-nut (Bahamas, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); lucky-seed (Bahamas, West Indies); luckybean-bush (Barbados); milk bush; milk tree (Puerto Rico); noho-malie (Hawaii); trumpet-flower (USA); yellow oleander (Netherlands Antilles, USA); yellow-oleander (USA)

thévétie du Pérou; ahouai des Antilles, arbre à lait, bagage à collier; bois saisissement (Haiti); bois-lait, chapeau de Napoléon; d'eau livre (Haiti); feuilles saisies, feuilles saisissement, noix de serpent, noix-sirpent; serpent (Haiti); solives, thévétia, thévétia à feuilles de laurier-rose, z'olives

aguai (Paraguay); amancay (Colombia, Panama); azuceno (Colombia); bellaquillo (Peru); caballón (Puerto Rico); cabalonga (Cuba, Puerto Rico); cabalongo (Cuba); cachimolivo (Colombia); campanilla (Central America, Mexico, Panama); cãmpanilla amarilla (El Salvador); campanillo (Paraguay); canjura (Guatemala); cascabel (Venezuela); cascavel, castañeto (Colombia); chilca (Central America, Guatemala); chilco (Guatemala); chilindrón (Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala); chirca (Central America, Mexico); cobalonga (Colombia); guasja (Venezuela); guayapol (Mexico); jacapa (Ecuador); kunái, leche leche (Bolivia); lechero, lengua de gato (Paraguay); llagas de San Francisco (Argentina); manzanillo (Venezuela); naranjo amarillo (Paraguay); palo de San Antonio (Mexico); retama (Dominican Republic, Venezuela); San Diego, San Nicolàs, yambigo (Mexico); yoyote (Paraguay); zuche (Ecuador)

ahovay (Argentina); ahu hai (Paraguay); bagaj akolye, bwa sèzisman, doliv, fèy sèzi, fèy sèzisman (creole, Haiti); inomurbili (kuna, Panama); jojo-jojo (Suriname); joro-joro (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); nwa sèpan (creole, Haiti); olijfi di Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles); sèpan (creole, Haiti); tzenantzuch; yellow oleander (Netherlands Antilles)

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Latin name	Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Cuba, Puerto Rico) South America (tropics) int MW Africa
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
Use	cl dr (boiled leaves and flower tea for tension, sap, bark and fruits bath, seed kernel paste applied as an analgesic for arthritis) dr(ob) fd ma pl ti tx (fruits, plant, roots, seeds)
Synonym	Cascabala thevetia (L.) Lippold Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf. Cerbera peruviana Pers. Cerbera thevetia L. Thevetia linearis A.DC. Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex A.DC. Thevetia neriifolia Juss. ex Steud. Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) Merr. Thevetia thevetia (L.) Millsp.
English name	luckynut thevetia; be-still-tree (Hawaii); cathartic bark (Bahamas); cathartic-bark, exile oil tree; french trumpet-flower (Bahamas); good luck tree (Belize); good-luck-tree (Barbados); luck-seed (West Indies); lucky bean; lucky nut (Puerto Rico); lucky nuts, lucky seed; lucky-nut (Bahamas, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); lucky-seed (Bahamas, West Indies); luckybean-bush (Barbados); milk bush; milk tree (Puerto Rico); noho-malie (Hawaii); trumpet-flower (USA); yellow oleander (Netherlands Antilles, USA); yellow-oleander (USA)
French name	thévétie du Pérou; ahouai des Antilles, arbre à lait, bagage à collier; bois saisissement (Haiti); bois-lait, chapeau de Napoléon; d'eau livre (Haiti); feuilles saisies, feuilles saisissement, noix de serpent, noix-sirpent; serpent (Haiti); solives, thévétia, thévétia à feuilles de laurier-rose, z'olives
Spanish name	aguai (Paraguay); amancay (Colombia, Panama); azuceno (Colombia); bellaquillo (Peru); caballón (Puerto Rico); cabalonga (Cuba, Puerto Rico); cabalongo (Cuba); cachimolivo (Colombia); campanilla (Central America, Mexico, Panama); cãmpanilla amarilla (El Salvador); campanillo (Paraguay); canjura (Guatemala); cascabel (Venezuela); cascavel, castañeto (Colombia); chilca (Central America, Guatemala); chilco (Guatemala); chilindrón (Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala); chirca (Central America, Mexico); cobalonga (Colombia); guasja (Venezuela); guayapol (Mexico); jacapa (Ecuador); kunái, leche leche (Bolivia); lechero, lengua de gato (Paraguay); llagas de San Francisco (Argentina); manzanillo (Venezuela); naranjo amarillo (Paraguay); palo de San Antonio (Mexico); retama (Dominican Republic, Venezuela); San Diego, San Nicolàs, yambigo (Mexico); yoyote (Paraguay); zuche (Ecuador)
Other name	ahovay (Argentina); ahu hai (Paraguay); bagaj akolye, bwa sèzisman, doliv, fèy sèzi, fèy sèzisman (creole, Haiti); inomurbili (kuna, Panama); jojo-jojo (Suriname); joro-joro (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); nwa sèpan (creole, Haiti); olijfi di Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles); sèpan (creole, Haiti); tzenantzuch; yellow oleander (Netherlands Antilles)
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