Apocynaceae Thevetia peruviana (Persoon) Schumann in Engler & Prantl

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Flower
• Vegetative
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Grenada - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Yellow flowered small tree sometimes planted.

Interest
Thevetia - honour of Andre Thevet (1502-1592), French Monk who traveled in Brazil and Guiana. http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/BotDermFolder/BotDermA/APOC.html The milky juice of Thevetia peruviana is highly toxic on account of its cardiac glycoside content, and has been used as a vesicant (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Morton (1958) also records that Thevetia peruviana may cause dermatitis. The yellow oleander is dangerously poisonous and has resulted in many fatalities, especially on Oahu, Hawaii (Lewis & Elvin-Lewis 1977). Lewis WH and Elvin-Lewis MPF (1977) Medical Botany. Plants affecting man's health. New York: John Wiley. Mabberley DJ (1987) The Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
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